SUSAN B. ANTHONY

ANTHONY'S BIRTHPLACE AND HER BEHAVIOR AS A CHILD

Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was born in Massachusetts. It is said that Anthony, even as a young girl had an independent spirit. She once asked her male school teacher why he only taught long division to just boys. She was not satisfied with his answer: "A girl needs to know how to read her Bible and count her egg money, nothing more." She reorganized herself around he schoolteacher and sat behind him in order to learn long division She demonstrated her strength and will even as a young girl. Susan B. Anthony would later use these characteristics in the women's rights movements.
ANTHONY AND STANTON'S RELATIONSHIP
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton became "inseparable colleagues" in the fight for women's emancipation. After the Civil War, Susan B. Published The Revolution, a magazine which was centered around the Women's Suffrage Association. Their motto was: "The true republic-men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." Susan B. became the acknowledged spokeswoman for the campaign and was considered one of the most famous and respected woman in America. (Sochen, 135) Susan B. Anthony, a "spinster devoted her life to the women's movement whereas Elizabeth Cady Stanton' progress was curtailed until her children were grown. (Ryan)
Anthony is pictured on the left, and Stanton is pictured on the right.
ANTHONY'S STRONG WILLED BEHAVIOR IN HER FIGHT FOR SUFFRAGE
In her friendly town of Rochester, Susan B. Anthony with her friends Guelma Mc Lean and Hannah Mosher along with a dozen other women registered for the election of 1871. The following day forty other women followed in her footsteps. On election day fifteen of these women including Susan B. succeeded in voting. Susan B. was arrested and found guilty. She was ordered to pay a fine of one-hundred dollars and replied, "May it please your honor, I will never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty." The fine remains unpaid to this very day. (Irwin, 249)