Susan B. Anthony and Nineteenth Admentdment to The U.s. Constution

Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. When she was younger she developed a strong moral. She spent most of her time in life working on social causes. In the late 1830s she became a teacher. In the mid 1840s her and her family moved to New York. Where they became involved in fighting to end slavery, which is also known as abolitionist movement. Around this time Anthony became the head girls department at Canajoharie Academy. When Anthony was working as a teacher in Canajoharie, New York in 1848. She became involed with the teachers union, when she discovered that male teachers had a salary of $10 per month.

While female teachers had a salary of $2.50 per month. August 2, 1848 at the Rochester Women’s Rights Convention Anthony’s parents and sister Marry attended. While she was campaigning against alcohol she was inspired to fight for women's rights. She was denied to speak at a temperance convention because she was a woman. Later she soon realized that no politics would take her seriously unless women had the right to vote. In 1849 she left the Academy and devoted more time to social issues. In 1851 at Seneca Falls at the corner of the street, Amelia Bloomer introduced Anthony to Stanton. “ There she stood with her good, earnest face and genial smile, dressed in grey delaine, hat and all the same color, relieved with pale blue ribbons, the perfection of neatness and sobriety.

I liked her thoroughly, and why I did not at once invite her home with me to dinner, I don’t know,” siad Staton. Anthony meeting Stanton was the beginning of her interest in women’s rights, but Lucy Stone's speech at the 1851 Syracuse Convention, had convined Anthony to join the Women’s Rights movement. While at a campaign for temperance she was inspired to fight for women’s. Anthony and Stanton created the New York State Temperance Society in 1852. They formed the New York State Women’s Rights Committee. Also Anthony created petitions for women to have the right to own their own property and to vote. Anthony campagined for women’s property rights in New York State in 1853. She would speak at meetings, collecting signatures for petitions, and lobbying the state legislature. She would also create petitions for women that were married for property rights and women suffrages. In 1854 Anthony addressed the National Woman's Rights Convention and urged more petition campaign. She wrote to Matilda Joslyn Gage that “ I know slavery is the all-absorbing question of the day, still we must push forward this great central question, which underlines all the others.” She traveled a lot to campaign for women’s rights. In 1856 she began working as a agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. Up till the Civil War she spent years prompting the societies causes. After the Civil War ended Anthony became more focused more on women’s rights. Anthony and Stanton organized the Women’s Loyal National League on May 14, 1863.

Where they campagined for an Admentdment in the U.S. Constition to abolish slavery. Nearly 400,000 signatures proved to be the largest petition drive in U.S. history. It is the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States. Stanton and Anthony helped build the American Equal Association in 1866, demanding for the same rights to be granted regardless of race or sex. They both created and produced The Revolution, which was a day for women’s rights in 1868. The Newspaper motto was “ Men their In 1869 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National American Suffrage Association. During this time Stanton and Anthony produce and created The Revolution. The Revolution was a week that lobbied for women's rights. Later Stanton and Anthony edited the three volumes of History of Women's Suffrage together. Although it seemed as though her efforts went unnoticed, she continued to give speeches around the country to convince people to help support women’s rights to vote. In 1872 Anthony took it upon herself to illegally vote in the Presidential election, she was arrested and given a $100 fine which she never paid. Both of the women were in their thirties, Stanton was married to Henry B. Stanton which he was an abolitionist.

Anthony was teaching at the time. Their involvement in the anti-slavery movement had shared interest in border equity issues, and each were passionate about women’s rights. Susan B. Anthony died on March 13, 1906 before women were allowed to vote; however her efforts paid off 14 years after her death in 1920 when the 19th Amendment was passed, giving women the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony is known for being one of the most prominent leaders in the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, which led to the Nineteenth Admentdment to the U.S. Constution. Which grants women the right to vote, although the Admentdment is known as the Anthony Admentdment.