Susan B Anthony

             When was the last time you sat down and contemplated how different our lives would be today without the right to vote or without equality amongst blacks and females with white males....probably the last time somebody said something about it. Did you stop to think how this all came about? We can all thank Susan B Anthony for all that women have today. If there weren't individuals fighting for rights on behalf of all of us then, now, or in the future, would it be different today? These are all questions that I have asked myself on numerous occasions, and this is why Susan B Anthony comes to mind.
             It all began back in 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts when Susan Brownell Anthony was born. On February 15, Daniel and Lucy Anthony had their second of eight children. Susan's father, Daniel, was a very strict Quaker who owned a textile mill, and after the loss of the business, Daniel moved the family to Rochester, NY for a fresh start as a farmer. Throughout her life, her father was always encouraging his children to become their own individuals and always provided the best education possible. From that Susan became a teacher at Canajoharie Academy and soon became the head of the Female Department, making a measly $110 a year. She soon became aware of the fact that the male teachers were making a considerably higher amount, and this angered her. That was when her crusade for equality first began. After teaching for fifteen years, she began the full-time job of being a leader, crusader, abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist and also a woman's rights campaigner.
             Susan B Anthony did some remarkable things for today's society, but it is nearly impossible to just focus on one; however, for me as a woman who wants only equality, the work that she put forth towards the women's right to vote seemed to have been the only way to go. Anthony knew that the only way women ha...

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