Susan B. Anthony “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History” Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Susan B. Anthony She was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was raised as a Quaker She was a teacher for ten years. She organized political protests to abolish (end) slavery and outlaw liquor. She died in March 13,1906

Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Gage, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton They met in 1840’s. They met in 1840’s. They worked, tirelessly, to get women the right to vote. They worked, tirelessly, to get women the right to vote. They led the Seneca Falls Convention in They led the Seneca Falls Convention in They formed the National Woman Suffrage Association in They formed the National Woman Suffrage Association in Anthony Stanton Gage

Suffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. civil rightvotecivil rightvote A suffragette is someone who fights for the right to vote. A suffragette is someone who fights for the right to vote.

Reasons for the right to vote Women were not allowed to own property. If a woman inherited money or property from a family member, her husband would be the one to keep the money and property, If a woman was getting divorced, her husband had the legal right to keep her children. Having the right to vote gives you political and economic power.

Suffragettes are people who fight for the right to vote. Suffragettes are people who fight for the right to vote.

Seneca Falls in 1848 This was the first meeting held for the purpose of discussing the “social, civil, and religious conditions, and the rights of woman.” It was the beginning of the women’s rights movement in the United States.

Declaration of Sentiments was written July 19, It proposed the right for women to vote. Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was written at Seneca Falls. Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was written at Seneca Falls. Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the committee to write the document. Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the committee to write the document. The document was based on the Declaration of Independence The document was based on the Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Sentiments. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course.

Declaration of Sentiments. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

Declaration of Sentiments. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.

Women attending the Convention

Women's Rights National Historical Park Seneca Falls in 1848

Poster advertising Susan B. Anthony's speech in Boulder, Colorado, 12 October 1877

With the 19 th Amendment, Women received the right to vote in 1919

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