"Failure, is impossible."
-Susan B. Anthony
How she Affected Society Today
The Results
The Nineteenth Amendment was approved in 1920, which allowed women to vote.
- All women can vote
- Women are equal to men
- They can have any job they want
Ex: Be in the Armed Forces, serve on juries, run for Presidency, and lead in the education of students.
The Women After
First woman superintendent of Pleasant Valley School District
Anthony and Stanton are known as "the Napoleon of the women's rights movement" because of their work as tacticians.
Women are also equal to men and can do what they want.
She inspired Alice Paul to continue the fight, this led to the approval of the Nineteenth Amendment.
The Consequences
Anthony was arrested for casting an illegal vote.
Men began to take over and put rude comments about the suffragists in the newspapers.
What She Did
She voted illegally in the election of November 5, 1872.
Susan B. Anthony and How She Changed the World
Susan went to the legislative sessions and was denied many times yet, she continued to go until there was change.
Susan, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, attended many meetings and conventions about women's rights and temperance.
She and Stanton made a National Women's Suffrage Association.
Society (1800s)
"God created man as the representative of the race."
"Wife beating was not a crime, and alcoholism was not seen as grounds for a divorce."
Social Justice Issue
At this time slavery and the women's suffrage movements were the main issues.
"He had been paid $10 a week, but her salary-because she was a women-was $2.50."
Susan B. Anthony was fighting for Women's Rights in the 1800s.
By: Kyli Ramsay, Hannah Stanhope, Amanda Rolleri, and Kendell Crane
"It was we the people, not we, the white male citizens."
Women were not allowed to vote - a right that would have given these women power to change their lives.
"To be truly comfortable, women would have to be free."
Susan's Early Life
Her thoughts and actions against slavery and temperance (abstinence from alcoholic drinks) were influenced by her father.
Music: Beautiful Dreamer - Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
Played By: Max Jaffa Orchestra and Chorus
Her education wasn't the best because of her gender.