All About Susan B. Anthony

I fought for voting rights! Hi! I’m Susan B. Anthony! I fought for voting rights!

I believe in freedom of conscience. Before we learn more about my life, let’s take a look at what that term means.

Susan B. Anthony believed in freedom of conscience Susan B. Anthony believed in freedom of conscience. This means that Susan believed that a person had the right to hold a viewpoint or thought independent of others' viewpoints.

Tally your favorite sport: Let’s act it out and vote for your favorite sport! Tally your favorite sport: Football You might be wondering why there is only one choice. Well, it was normal in Susan’s time for important people to decide how others should think.

Tally your favorite sport: Susan believed that people should be able to hold different viewpoints. Her way of thinking looks more like this: Tally your favorite sport: Football Baseball Basketball Other

Wait. Did any girls vote. That was against the law during Susan’s time Wait! Did any girls vote? That was against the law during Susan’s time! Susan thought this was wrong. Susan believed that women should have the same rights as men.

“Forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.” - Susan B. Anthony What does this quote tell you about Susan B Anthony? Was she worried about what other people thought of her?

Photo scan of Susan B. Anthony from Life Magazine 1976, July issue

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts in 1820.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Susan was born into a Quaker family in Massachusetts in 1820. Quakers are a religious group devoted to peaceful principles.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Susan’s father was against slavery. A slave is someone who is owned by another person. At this time, African Americans were slaves.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Susan’s father would not purchase cotton to use in his mill if slave labor had been used to produce the cotton.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? When Susan was seventeen, she became a teacher. She was upset when she learned that she only made one-fourth of what a male teacher made doing the same job!

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Our lives are very different from Susan’s life. During this time, women were treated very differently than men. Women could not vote, own property, or speak at public events.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? In 1845, she moved with her parents to New York.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Members of the Anthony family were active in the anti-slavery movement. Anti-slavery Quakers met at their farm in New York almost every Sunday. They were sometimes joined by Frederick Douglass. Someone against slavery was an abolitionist.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Susan continued to teach in New York. She also started getting involved in the temperance movement and the Women’s Rights movement.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? The temperance movement was the effort to make selling alcohol illegal. Susan was disappointed when the State legislature rejected a petition to pass a law limiting the sale of liquor because most of the signatures were from women.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? A petition is a written document that citizens sign to support a cause.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? She also started petitions to outlaw slavery. Over time she obtained 400,000 signatures. In April 1864 the Thirteenth Amendment which abolished slavery passed the Senate. An amendment is an official change or addition to a constitutional law.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Susan was introduced to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the leaders of the women's rights movement in 1851. Susan attended her first women's rights convention in Syracuse, New York in 1852.

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Images from the Library of Congress, PD US.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? In 1866 Anthony and Stanton founded the American Equal Rights Association. In 1868 they started publishing the newspaper The Revolution in Rochester, New York. Their motto was, "Men their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” The aim of the newspaper was to establish "justice for all."

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? In the 1870’s, Anthony campaigned for women's suffrage on speaking tours in the West. Anthony and other women’s rights activist were arrested in Rochester in 1872 for voting.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Suffrage is the right to vote in political elections.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? Susan B. Anthony died in 1906 at her home in Rochester, New York. All American adult women finally got the vote with the Nineteenth Amendment, also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, in 1920.

EQ: Who was Susan B. Anthony? In 1920, the 19th Amendment stated that the right to vote could not be denied because of gender. An amendment is an official change or addition to a constitutional change.

Susan B. Anthony dollars were issued from 1979 to 1999.

EQ: How does our life compare and contrast to Susan B. Anthony’s life? Think about your life today and Susan B. Anthony’s life. How are things in your life different from Susan B. Anthony’s life? How are things the same?

EQ: How does our life compare and contrast to Susan B. Anthony’s life? Here are some things to think about: communication homes transportation hobbies rights and freedoms food clothing

EQ: How does our life compare and contrast to Susan B. Anthony’s life? Complete the Venn Diagram Write things that are different on the side. Write things that are the same in the middle.

EQ: What is the difference between a fact and an opinion? An opinion is how someone thinks or feels. It cannot be proven. Examples: Susan B. Anthony was a great speaker. Susan B. Anthony is the most important person in history.

Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting. Susan B. Anthony was born in EQ: What is the difference between a fact and an opinion? A fact can be proven by looking in a reliable source. Non-fiction books like encyclopedias, dictionaries, and school textbooks contain facts. Examples: Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting. Susan B. Anthony was born in Massachusetts in 1820.

EQ: What locations are significant to Susan B. Anthony ? Susan B. Anthony traveled to many different places! Let’s see if we can find some of the important places she went.

EQ: What locations are significant to Susan B. Anthony? Let’s use a map to find some of the places that are important to Susan B. Anthony! EQ: What locations are significant to Susan B. Anthony?

EQ: How can I put events in order? A timeline is a way of displaying a list of events in chronological order. Born in Massachusetts Meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton events that happen earliest are towards the left of the timeline events that happen later are towards the right of the timeline

EQ: What character traits describe Susan B. Anthony? courage is the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous

EQ: What character traits describe Susan B. Anthony? determination is continuing to try to do or achieve something that is difficult

EQ: What character traits describe Susan B. Anthony? equality the belief that all people should be treated the same or have the same opportunities

diligence steady, earnest, and energetic effort to accomplish a task EQ: What character traits describe Susan B. Anthony? diligence steady, earnest, and energetic effort to accomplish a task

leadership a person who rules, guides, or inspires others EQ: What character traits describe Susan B. Anthony? leadership a person who rules, guides, or inspires others

the right to hold a belief EQ: What character traits describe Susan B. Anthony? freedom of conscience the right to hold a belief

EQ: What character traits describe Susan B. Anthony? Complete the adjective bubble map on Susan. Write character traits and adjectives in the bubbles to describe Susan B. Anthony.

We have learned many important facts about EQ: What are the most important facts about Susan B. Anthony? We have learned many important facts about Susan B. Anthony!

EQ: What are the most important facts about Susan B. Anthony? We learned that she was born into a Quaker family in Adams, Massachusetts in 1820. She is known for wanting freedom of conscience. That means she believed in the right to hold a belief.

EQ: What are the most important facts about Susan B. Anthony? Susan B. Anthony faced discrimination because of her gender. Women were not allowed to own property, speak at public events, or vote. She met Elizabeth Cady Stanton and together they fought for women’s rights. Susan and other women’s rights activists were arrested when they tried to vote. The 19th Amendment gave women to right to vote in 1920.

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