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Kelly Etter

8/10/2020

Susan B. Anthony

and

Women's Suffrage

1820

Susan Brownell Anthony was born in Adams, Massechusetts

1820

Young Susan B. Anthony

1845

Susan and her family consisting of a mother, father, and 6 siblings move to Rochester, New York

1845

Anthony home

Brooks Avenue, Rochester, NY

Anthony Home

Significance of this home

This house became a meeting place for anti-slavery activists, including Frederick Douglass

Significance

1851

Susan attends and anti-slavery convention in Seneca Falls, NY where she meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

1851

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Susan and Elizabeth

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (sitting), Susan B. Anthony (standing)

1852

Susan attends her first women's rights convention after attending another convention with which she did not agree with it's teachings..

1852

Convention Poster

Women's Suffrage Poster

What is Women's Suffrage?

Women's Suffrage is...

A movement that took place over a century who's main goal was for women to gain the right to vote. Though this movement was for women's rights, there were many men involved.

1854

Susan begins her campaign for women's suffrage by distributing petitions for married women's property rights.

1854

Petition

A petition is...

a written request to an authority figure about one particular topic.

1863

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton team up to write "Appeal to the Women of the Republic"

1863

To the Women of the Republic

1868

Susan and Elizabeth started The Revolution, a women's rights newpaper

1868

The Revolution

1872

Susan is arrested for voting in New York. She is fined, but not imprisioned.

1872

Susan's Response Speech

Susan B. Anthony's speech in response to her arrest for voting illegally

1881-1902

The History of Woman Suffrage Volumes 1-4, written by Susan B. Anthony, Elzabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslin Gage, was published.

1881-1902

Excerpt

Introduction to History of Woman Suffrage

"In the happiest conditions in life, men and women will ever be mutually dependent on each other. The complete development of all woman's powers will not make her less capable of steadfast love and friendship, but give her new strength to meet the emergencies of life, to aid those who look to her for counsel and support."

1898-1902

Susan continues to give speeches at conventions and fight for women's rights such as equal pay and educational opportunities

1898- 1902

1905

Susan meets with President Theodore Roosevelt to discuss a women's suffrage ammendment

1905

1906

Susan B. Anthony dies at the age of 86

1906

"To think I have had more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, and then to die without it seems so cruel."

Susan B. Anthony

1820-1906

1920

19th Amendment to the Constitution was added, the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, gives women over the age of 21 the right to vote

1920

Women voting for the first time

Women Voting

Voter Registration Card

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