susan b anthony

             I. Susan B. Anthony : A Biographical Introduction
             Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in
             Adams, Massachusetts to Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Susan was
             the second born of eight children in a strict Quaker family.
             Her father, Daniel Anthony, was said to have been a stern
             man, a Quaker Abolitionist and a cotton manufacturer born
             near the conclusion of the eighteenth century. From what I
             read, he believed in "guiding" his children, not in
             'directing' them. Daniel Anthony did not allow his
             offspring to experience the childish amusements of toys,
             games, and music, which were seen as distractions from the
             "inner light." Instead he enforced self-discipline,
             principled convictions, and the belief in one's own
             Each of my sources indicates that Susan was a precocious
             child and she learned to read and write at the age of three.
             In 1826, the Anthonys moved from Massachusetts to
             Battensville, New York where Susan attended a district
             school. When the teacher refused to teach Susan long
             division, Susan was taken out of school and taught in a
             "home school" set up by her father. The school was run by a
             woman teacher, Mary Perkins. Perkins offered a new image of
             womanhood to Susan and her sisters. She was independent and
             educated and held a position that had traditionally been
             reserved to young men. Ultimately, Susan was sent to
             boarding school near Philadelphia. She taught at a female
             academy and Quaker boarding school, in upstate New York from
             1846-49. Afterwards, she settled in her
             family home in Rochester, New York. It was here that she
             began her first public crusade on behalf of temperance
             Susan B. Anthony's first involvement in the world of
             reform was in the temperance movement. This was one of the
             first expressions of original feminism in the United States
             and it dealt with the abuses of women and children who
             suffered from alcoholic husbands. ...

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