rdless of the fact that she had worked for it. Women could not attend college. There were no women doctors, ministers, lawyers, or senators. They could work outside the home in only a few professions, at a fraction of what a man would make in the same profession. Most !
             of all, women could not vote. At this time in U.S. history, the common man was fighting for his rights: His right to vote, his right to own land. But it was unthinkable for a woman to even mention having the own rights. Susan B. Anthony was born into this world. But she would spend the majority of her life trying to change it (Failure is Impossible, by Lynn Sherr, page xix).
             Susan was educated by her father, in a home school that he started for his daughters. As a wealthy industrialist, he was able to hire a tutor to live at their home and teach his daughters (his sons attended regular school). However, he also attended to much of their education himself (Barry, 19). Although Quakers agreed with the rest of the male nation on the status of women in daily life, one thing they valued was education. Every Quaker child, whether male or female, was allowed to get as much education as they wished. So when Daniel saw how much Susan enjoyed learning, he arranged to have her sent to a boarding school. It was at this school that Susan first heard Lucretia Mott, the famous women's rights pioneer, speak (Barry, 29). However, Susan had to return home when her father went bankrupt during the Depression. Susan and all her sisters who were old enough had to start teaching to help support the family (Barry, 31).
             In 1845, Daniel moved his family to Rochester, NY, center of the anti-slavery movement. Every Sunday, a group of abolitionists, including the famous Frederick Douglass, would meet at the family's farm to discuss the latest news and ideas about how to end slavery. Susan participated actively in these discussions, and eventually became an engineer ...