Susan B. Anthony: The Women's Suffrage Movement

Now in the present times we can see how strong and powerful women’s voices are in the United States, but if we look back in history in the 1800s we can see how this was not the case back then. A great women’s activist and the former of the women’s suffrage movement Susan B. Anthony worked hard to obtain women’s right to vote. She was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was raised in Quaker family that believed women’s were equal to men; and should be able to have the same rights even to education. In addition Susan B. Anthony had the opportunity to have an education do to because her father believe all his children should have an education. Her father took her to school but they refused to admit her, then later he established
She was a single woman who had a lot of energy and passion about women’s rights. She met with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and became her right hand, they both worked hard and spoke strongly about women’s right. Elizabeth was Susan B. Anthony great friend a colleague. Susan B. Anthony traveled across the world where she spoke about the women’s rights. In the election of 1972 she did something that is now marked in history, she voted illegally and was charged a 100 dollar fine, which she refused to pay. After being charged she delivered a speech but had no idea that her speech was going to impact so many people; and was going to be in history in the near future. After Susan B. Anthony many efforts to obtain the women’s right it was only years after that the 19th amendment was passed. Susan B. Anthony did not get to see her goal accomplish and died on March 13 1906 at her home in Rochester, New York. Furthermore I will be discussing and analyzing her speech in detail, I will focus on who was there to hear this speech, and how the speech impacted those that were there to hear it. Was the speech relevant to the situation at that time and how the speech still powerful even in our
Anthony after being arrested for voting illegally in the presidential election of 1872 Anthony delivered this speech believing she did no wrong but was she intended to prove to the citizens that she was actually doing what the national constitution stated. At the presentation of her speech there was many people from Europe and also other women’s activist, which later on carried on the suffrage. After her trial Anthony gained a lot of attention and more people began to become interested in the topic of women’s suffrage. Prior her trial she began to speak about the reasons she voted she wanted to inform other men and her supporters. At the time when this speech was delivered, it was when the Fourteenth Amendment had just been passed, giving black men the right to vote, but withholding it from women’s. This amendment was set forth after the Civil War to make sure black men were given the same rights as white men. She strongly believe that the same laws that now applied to black men should surely be applied to women’s, as they were both US citizens. This speech clearly shows how strong of character Susan B. Anthony was, only because she was dedicated and compassionate she was able to make a great impact in the American Society. She understood women’s deserve every right that was giving to male citizens and also the right to have an