Susan B. Anthony: Activists for Women's Rights Movement
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was raised in a Quaker family with activist traditions. She dedicated her life to women's suffrage. She campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and for the right for women to own property. Susan 's acquaintance Elizabeth Cady Stanton led her into the Women's Rights Movement. Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the Rochester Election of 1872. On January 12, 1874, Susan petition to the U.S Congress. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Women's Suffrage Association. Susan B. Anthony never had children and was never married. Anthony and Stanton believed the Republicans would reward them because of all the hard work in building support for the Thirteenth Amendment by giving women the qualification to vote, but unfortunately it did not happen and Susan B. Anthony was very disappointed. Susan B. Anthony died March 13, 1906. 14 years later, Women gain their rights to vote by the passage of the 19th amendment.