I was born in Adams, Massachusetts on February 15, 1820 to
two Quaker parents. At the age of 6, my parents moved my seven siblings and I
to Battenville, New York. This is where I attended a Quaker school near
Philadelphia. In the mid-1840s, my family moved to a farm in Rochestser, New
York. This is where my involvement with the societal issues around me began. My
parents became involved in the abolitionist movement and OUR farm was used for
abolitionist meetings. We had the great opportunity of welcoming Frederick
Douglass to our home. In the year 1851, my involvement with political issues took off. At an antislavery conference, I met my partner-in-crime, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. We didn't begin working together until I went to a temperance convention and was denied the right to speak because I was a woman! After that, I realized that if women wanted a say in politics, they would need the right to vote.
In 1852, Elizabeth and I formed the Women's New York State Temperance Society. After that, I became interested in focusing my interests in women's rights. Elizabeth and I formed the New York State Womans' Rights Committee. I believed that women had the right to vote and own their own property so I started up petitions. With the help of Elizabeth, we created the American Equal Rights Associaiton in 1866. I knew that I had to get more information out about this issue, so in 1868, Elizabeth and I produced a weekly publication that campaigned for women's rights called The Revolution. We didn't stop there, together we established the National Woman Suffrage Association a year later. |
I wanted to push harder with this issue and show the community I was more than talk. On Novemebr 5, 1872 I was arrested, put on trial, and fined a hundred dollars for voting illegally in the presidential election. When I was unable to speak on my own behalf I refused to pay "a dollar of [their] unjust penalty". I haven't paid it till this day, and I still REFUSE to pay it. From the years 1881-1902, I, along with, Elizabeth, Ida Husted,and Matilda Joslyn Gage put out four volumes of History of Woman Suffrage.
I currently travel around the United States by stage coach, wagon, carriage, and train giving between seventy-five to a hundred speeches a year. I refuse to give up until every woman in this world has the right to vote and make a difference in the world around her. Join me in my fight to get women the vote! "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand". |
About Me
Welcome!
If you have not already guessed, I am Susan B. Anthony. My life goal is to ensure that women everywhere receive the right to vote. I will tirelessly fight against the system to change the influence we have on our world.
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