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Kara Funk Susan B. Anthony: Women's Suffrage 1820-1906 Early Years: Susan B Anthony was born in Massachusetts on February 15, 1820. As she grew up she was raised in a Quaker family. She was taught, and followed the beliefs that everyone is created equal. And that meant **//all//** people. Including blacks and women. She later attended a boarding school in Philadelphia. She believed that women should deserve the same rights and opportunities as men did. Women at this time were pretty much just meant to stay in the house and take care of the children. Anthony knew that there was much more to be done with the lives of all these women. She ended up becoming a teacher at a school in New York. So to her it didn't matter of someone's race, gender, ethnic background, or religion, everyone should be treated equally and fairly. Accomplishments: Most of her part in the movement for women's rights was after the year 1850. Due to the fact that she was only 15 years old in 1835, she didn't really don anything at this point. However, by the time she was 15 she had developed a deep respect for women and thought that they deserved more respect and should be given more rights, like voting. It wasn't until later I her life that she made many efforts to end the discrimination against women. With her National Women's Suffrage Association which helped reach out to many women. And later she wrote the Susan B Anthony amendment. This was her way of writing done what she though should be laws and regulations for women. Thus amendment later became the19th amendment that followed the Constitution, and it gave women the right to vote. Although Anthony's main goal in life was to help lead the women's suffrage movement, she also was very strongly opinionated on other issues as well. These included the outlaw of alcohol, and slavery (along with the slave trade) should be abolished. This is why Anthony later created the American Anti-Slavery Society, and helped escaped slaves through the secret Underground Railroad. Susan B Anthony later died in 1906 but her famous actions towards leading a strong movement for the rights for women left a lasting impression on the country and the lives of many women around the country. She had a well known quote "Women must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself." This quote means that women cannot just keep under the protection and laws that the men set down for them, but that they should stand up for their rights as equals to the men.

References: Amelia Bloomer: She had been a good friend to Anthony. She had helped the campaigns and speeches. These then were shown all over the country and She assisted Anthony in giving her motivational speeches to the hundreds of women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: She assisted Anthony in creating the National Women's Suffrage Association. This was the program that led women in gaining more equal rights. It was later used as a template for the 14th and 15th amendments, which gave more rights and power to women. Works Cited:

Lakewood Public Library. "Susan Brownell Anthony ." //Women in History//. Lakewood Public Library, n.d. Web. 3 Oct. 2011. . Spartacus Educational. "Susan Anthony : Biography." //Spartacus Educational//. Spartacus Educational, n.d. Web. 3 Oct. 2011. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.