Susan Brownell Anthony

Susan B. Anthony https://edu.glogster.com/glog/susan-b-anthony/23pt85fo9oa?=glogpedia-source      Who is Susan Brownell Anthony? Susan B. Anthony is my hero because she is persistent, brave, and selfless. She was born on February 15, 1820 and she is an American social reformer and a woman's rights activist. She is known for one of her famous quotes, “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” Susan fought for women's rights and fought so women had divorce rights during unfair marriages. Susan had a lot of accomplishments in her life. First off she attended a well regarded boarding school in Philadelphia. This was a privilege because most of Susan’s family got married and had children; she was one of the first to attend school. After about two years Susan left school in order to pursue her dream of helping the women's suffrage movement. While she was working she soon met her best friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Elizabeth shared the same aspiration, to accomplish women’s rights. There was one thing that triggered Susan's desire to help in the movement, the environment she grew up in. She grew up in a Quaker home. Quakers believe in peace. Their main belief is to spread “inner light” in everyone. This inspired her to spread equality inside of everyone.  She worked unbelievably hard, all of the work Susan did paid off but she never got to see it. Susan died because of pneumonia and heart failure on March 13, 1906 in her family home in Rochester, New York. Women were granted permission to vote 12 years after Susan’s death. The 19th Amendment was passed and any sex in the United States could vote. The amendment was nicknamed the Susan B Anthony Amendment. Without Susan B Anthony women wouldn’t be able to divorce and vote in elections. She did so many amazing things, that is why she is my hero.

     Susan B Anthony is persistent, she kept doing what she thought was right. One thing that showed me Susan was persistent was how when she asked for permission to campaign for the women’s suffrage movement, she was denied permission. That didn’t stop her from campaigning, nobody could tell her to stop what she was doing. After Susan campaigned she wanted to spread the word, she started her statewide lecture tour. She went all over New York trying to make people see why she believed in women’s rights. Years later she was still working on women's suffrage, but the years were catching up with Susan. In 1905 when Susan was 85 she met with President Theodore Roosevelt to continue to find a resolution for the Women’s Suffrage Movement. In the beginning of the movement most people didn’t agree with her, but because she fought so hard people started to listen. That’s why the president wanted to work with Susan. She had campaigned and shared her ideas loud and clear, so that people would help her accomplish her goal. Nothing anyone would say to her would stop her from completing her goal. This is because she was persistent.

    Susan was also brave because she didn’t follow the rules while doing what she thought was right. First off, in 1872, Susan casted a ballot during the presidential election. Two weeks later she was arrested because of this and then a year later she was charged for voting illegally. She was fined $100 but she fought it off, and never paid it. She took a shot, but after that didn’t work she tried something different. She wanted everyone to be free and equal, she helped slaves escape from slave quarters in the South. She also worked as the stationmaster in the Underground Railroad. This is brave because if someone caught her she could be killed or arrested. Susan wanted equality, that is why she helped in the Underground Railroad. In 1857 she demanded schools be integrated. The schools that Susan knew around her were not equal. Susan was disappointed about how the education wasn’t equal depending on race or gender. She tried and tried to make sure black people and women could be free and have the same equal rights as others. It’s very brave to stand up and speak your mind and not worry about the consequences. She helped people that needed help and she didn’t think about what she needed. Susan is very brave because once words didn’t persuade people she worked on actions. Actions are what helped her accomplish her goal.

    Another quality that showed me how Susan was a hero is how selfless she was. Susan fought so women could divorce alcoholic husbands. She worked for the good of others. Susan was never married in her life but she worked hard for married women. Susan wanted to help in every way that was possible, as we already know she was a stationmaster. She wasn’t a slave but she worked so slaves could escape into freedom. Would you help someone, or everyone, that was in need of help and risk the chance of being caught? Susan did exactly that. If somebody has seen Susan working in the Underground Railroad she could be killed or arrested. One last thing that truly showed me that Susan was a hero is how she fought against alcohol consumption. She was protecting people from getting sick and preventing people from ruining their lives. Susan wasn’t helping herself, she was helping all of those in need of guiding. Susan is selfless in so many ways. She guided people on the right path because she cared about everything and everyone.

    Susan based all of her accomplishments off of the good of others. Every decision she made during the suffrage movement, she made based off of the effects it was going to have on women. She didn’t care if it would take her whole life to win women’s rights. She gave it her all and nothing less. Susan B Anthony is a hero to all women. In 1979 more than 70 years after Susan’s death, she was honored with a picture of herself on the one-dollar coin. She helped spread awareness that the world was not equal. She warned everyone that in the future women would be able to vote. She warned that everyone would be equal. In total, Susan Brownell Anthony is my hero because she is so many amazing things, but scared is not one of them.