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Susan B. Anthony Biography
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Biography: Life of Susan B. Anthony
Born 1820, Died 1906
Susan B. Anthony, the famous suffragist, was born on February 15, 1820 near Adams, Massachusetts. Her parents were liberal Quakers who passed their values on to her.
While still a teenager, Susan B. Anthony began teaching school. She found that women were discriminated against even as teachers and actively protested the inequities she faced.
In 1848 Susan B. Anthony became involved in the temperance movement. When she was not allowed to speak at a temperance meeting because she was a woman, Susan B. Anthony formed the Women’s New York State Temperance Society.
Through her work with the temperance movement, Susan B. Anthony came into contact with other women activists. In the early 1850s she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the famed women’s right leader. This meeting resulted in a lifelong friendship between the two and set Susan B. Anthony on the path of her fight to win women the right to vote. She traveled from state to state lecturing and organizing petition drives and fighting for equality for women.
With her Quaker background, Susan B. Anthony had always having been anti-slavery. She joined the abolitionist movement as the Civil War approached and, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, formed the Women’s Loyal League to further the emancipation of the slaves.
Following the Civil War, the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution were enacted to grant rights to the former slaves. The 14th Amendment stated that all people born in the United States were citizens and that no rights could be denied a citizen. The 15th Amendment specifically extended voting rights to black men. Women still did not have the right to vote.
In 1869 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association. The organization was formed to obtain a woman suffrage amendment.
In 1872 Susan B. Anthony decided to test her status as a citizen based on the 14th Amendment right of all citizens to vote. She, along with other women suffragists, registered to vote in Rochester, New York. They then voted in the presidential election. Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting and brought to trial. Refusing to let her testify, the presiding judge ordered the jury to find her guilty. She was fined $100, but never paid the fine.
Susan B. Anthony continued to campaign for women’s rights for the rest of her life. She died in Rochester, New York on March 13, 1906. Following her death, others carried on her work. In 1920 the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, the suffrage amendment, was ratified.
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