Susan Brownwell Anthony

Failure is impossible.

By: Anthony Glaser

2/21/12

Historical Background
Prior to 1920 women did not have the right to vote. Susan Brownwell Anthony founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association. She appeared before every congress from 1869 to 1906 to ask for passage of a suffrage amendment. All American adult women finally got the vote with the Nineteenth Amendment.
"Susan B. Anthony House." :: Her Story. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.php>

Biographical Information
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was brought up in a Quaker family with long activist traditions. Susan began attending a boarding school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1837. In 1846, at age 26, Susan B. Anthony took the position of head of the girls' department at Canajoharie Academy, her first paid position earning $110 a year.
"World Biography." Susan B. Anthony Biography. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://www.notablebiographies.com/An-Ba/Anthony-Susan-B.html>.

Influence on the World

Founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association in 1869 with life long friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1856 Anthony became an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. Wrote the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in 1878 which later became the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. In the 1890s Anthony raised $50,000 in pledges to ensure the admittance of women to the University of Rochester. The University made good its promise and women were admitted for the first time in 1900.
"Susan B. Anthony House." :: Timelines. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/timeline.php>.

Famous Quotes
Failure is impossible.
interpretation: She is saying that failure is impossible when you put your mind into anything that you want to do.

I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.
interpretation: I feel that she is saying that she loves her work so much that if she couldnt work anymore than she would rather die.

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
interpretation: She is saying that the men are not going to defend them so they need to learn how to protect themselves.

Awards/Publications
Susan B. Anthony was the first woman to be honored by having her likeness appear on a circulating United States coin. She published her news paper The Revolution in Rochester. She published the History of Woman Suffrage.

Photos

School Where Anthony Taught

Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Susan B. Anthony Dollar Protest Susan B. Anthony Led Susan B. Anthony Gravesite

Work Cited
"Susan B. Anthony House." :: Timelines. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/timeline.php>. "World Biography." Susan B. Anthony Biography. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://www.notablebiographies.com/AnBa/Anthony-Susan-B.html>. "Susan B. Anthony House." :: Timelines. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/timeline.php>. "Susan B. Anthony House." :: Dollar Coin. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/herstory/dollarcoin.php>.