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Susan B. Anthony

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Name Susan B. Anthony (Susan Brownell Anthony)
Born February 15, 1820
Died March 13, 1906
Born in Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Spouses None (never married)
Children None
Occupation Social reformer, women’s rights advocate
Known for Women’s suffrage movement, co-founding the National Woman Suffrage Association
Awards Posthumous: Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, induction into National Women’s Hall of Fame
Famous quotes “Failure is impossible.” “Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.” “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” “Independence is happiness.” “Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.”

Susan B. Anthony – Life milestones

Years Age Events
1820 0 Born on February 15 in Adams, Massachusetts.
1826 6 Family moves to Battenville, New York.
1837-1838 17 Attends Friends seminary near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1838 18 Father declares bankruptcy; family loses Battenville house.
1839 19 Teaches at Eunice Kenyon’s Friends Seminary in New Rochelle, New York.
1845 25 Family moves to Rochester, New York.
1846 26 Begins teaching at Canajoharie Academy in Rochester, New York.
1848 28 Joins Daughters of Temperance in Canajoharie, New York.
1849 29 Manages family farm.
1851 31 Meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton; becomes involved in women’s rights movement.
1852 32 Attends New York State convention of Sons of Temperance; attends first women’s rights convention.
1853 33 Helps organize the “Whole World’s Temperance Convention”; assists Rochester seamstresses in drafting fair wages code.
1854 34 Circulates suffrage and property rights petition in New York.
1856 36 Becomes principal New York agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
1857 37 At New York State Teachers’ Convention, calls for education for women and Blacks.
1861 41 Conducts anti-slavery campaign from Buffalo to Albany.
1863 43 Co-founds Women’s Loyal National League for the 13th Amendment to end slavery.
1866 46 Corresponding secretary for American Equal Rights Association; petitioned Congress for universal suffrage.
1868-1870 48 Publishes The Revolution with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Parker Pillsbury.
1869 49 Co-founds National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) with Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
1872 52 Arrested for voting in the presidential election on November 18; continues lecturing and attending conventions.
1873 53 Tried and fined $100 for voting; refuses to pay but is not imprisoned; case not retried.
1875 55 Supreme Court decides in Minor v. Happensett that female citizens are not entitled to vote.
1876 56 Presents woman’s Declaration of Rights at the Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia.
1878 58 Senator Aaron A. Sargent introduces the 16th Amendment (Anthony Amendment) for woman suffrage.
1881-1902 61 Co-edits History of Woman Suffrage with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage (vols. 1-3) and Ida Husted Harper (vol. 4).
1887 67 Anthony Amendment defeated in the U.S. Senate.
1888 68 Co-founds International Council of Women.
1890 70 Settles in Rochester, New York; becomes Vice President at large for National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).
1892 72 Becomes President of NAWSA (serves until 1900); serves as Trustee of State Industrial School in Rochester, New York.
1895-1896 75 Campaigns in California to secure vote for women.
1896 76 NAWSA formally disassociates from Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s views on religion.
1898 78 Collaborates on The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony with Ida H. Harper.
1900 80 Retires as NAWSA president; helps open University of Rochester to women.
1904 84 Co-founds International Woman Suffrage Alliance with Carrie Chapman Catt.
1905 85 Meets with President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., about woman suffrage.
1906 86 Dies on March 13 in Rochester, New York.

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