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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
Champion of temperance, abolition, the rights of labor, and equal pay for equal work, Susan Brownell Anthony became one of the most visible leaders of the women’s suffrage movement. Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she traveled around the country delivering speeches in favor of women's suffrage.
Mar 29, 2024 · Susan B. Anthony, American activist who was a pioneer crusader for the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. and was president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
Mar 9, 2010 · Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer in the women’s suffrage movement in the United States and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, which she founded with Elizabeth Cady Stanton....
Her Life. 1820 – Susan Brownell Anthony is born on February 15 in Adams, Massachusetts, the second of seven children. 1826 – The Anthony family moves to Battenville, New York. 1838 – Daniel Anthony takes daughters Susan and Guelma out of school.
