Susan B. Anthony

The word Feminist how does one respond to it? Many people believe that the word comes across as a positive aspect,that someone who is a feminist stands up for their gender and wants equality, but, they’re those who believe that it comes across as a negative title, as someone who hates men and wants to dominate the entire male species. A feminist is defined as someone who is tired of how their gender is being treated and wants equality between both genders. Born Susan Brownell Anthony on February 15, 1820, is known to be one of the first feminist during her time. She had many contributions in fighting for women’s rights during her entire life. She is one of the more famous and well known women through out her generation and will continue to
Susan B. Anthony was refused the right to speak at the worlds Temperance Convention, all because she was a woman, thus realizing that no one would listen to women in politics unless they had the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony was known for her fights, rallies,speeches and her very own publication “The Revolution” she Co worked on with Elizabeth Cady Staton. “Anthony and Stanton created and produced The Revolution, a weekly publication that lobbied for women's rights in 1868”(Susan B. Anthony…”). Her contributions help give women the courage to come together as a whole and gain what they so desperately wanted… a voice. “She even took matters into her own hands in 1872, when she voted illegally in the presidential election”( Susan B. Anthony…”). Anthony was arrested and fined one-hundred dollars, that she never paid. Just 14 years after Susan B. Anthony died the Nineteenth-Amendment was added to the constitution, granting women the legal right to
Her fight gave women access into running for politics and gave them the courage to know that their voice matters. In addition, you can see Anthony’s influences throughout the entire last election. The first women ever to run for President of the Untied States was Hillary Clinton, someone who shared the some of the same views as Susan B. Anthony. Susan B. Anthony died on March 13, 1906 at the age of 86. If not for Susan B. Anthony’s braveness women today might not have the right to have a voice in politics such as voting. With out her brave actions the idea of having a women in politics, especially having a woman run for president would of been completely unrealistic. Susan B. Anthony was a major activist for women's rights and what she did still impacts the way society works today. Her face was put on the one dollar coin in 1979 and being the first woman to be so honored. So what is a feminist? How should one respond? Its ones own