This is the life of an important suffragist, Susan B. Anthony. She was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams Massachusetts. She had 5 sisters and 2 brothers. Their names are Guelma, Hannah, Mary, Daniel, and Jacob (Her sister Eliza died when she was 2 years old). She also had her mother Lucy and her father Daniel. She lived in Adams Massachusetts for 6 years of her life. Then she and her family moved to Battenvilele, New York. One day she went home from school upset because the boys were learning long division, but her teacher said that girls did not need to learn long division. So her father started his own school so Susan could get an equal amount of education. After this event in her childhood she began to see that without rights women could not affect the laws of the land.
She went to Deborah Moulson’s Female Seminary in Hamilton, Pennsylvania after her fathers school. In 1851 Susan met Elizabeth Cady Stanton who became a great friend and a good influence on Susan. She worked as a teacher’s assistant at Eunice Kenyon’s Quaker boarding school in New Rochelle, New York. She then taught at Canajoharie, New York. She started the Women’s New York State Temperance Society. Men from the same society created by Susan voted her out but that did not stop Susan. She went on and created The National Woman Suffrage Association. Through the conferences and famous newspaper “The Revolution '' Susan spread awareness for the need for equal rights for women. One day a mob prevented Susan from entering the hall where she was to speak in front of people. Despite difficult circumstances and setbacks Susan did not give up on her fight for women’s rights. Susan B. Anthony, is known for fighting for women’s rights no matter what. One day Susan returned home in Rochester too weak to climb the stairs to her bed leading to her death on March 13, 1906 due to cardiac disease.
Susan did not live to see the 19th amendment get passed on August 18, 1920 but her contribution was huge for our country to wake up and grant women equal voting rights. Because of Susan B. Anthony’s lifelong fight to spread awareness for equal rights for women. We are in a world that respects women better than it did a long time ago. One thing that I learned from Susan B. Anthony is that everyone should have equal rights. I want to be like Susan B. Anthony because not everyone in this world has equality yet. I notice that homeless people and poor people are treated very rudely. I would like to follow Susan B. Anthony and change life for those people.
-Aneesha Talaviya
