Susan B Anthony
Susan Brownnell Anthony was a woman that
made a difference in nineteenth –century. She was born on February, 15, 1820 in
Adams, Massachusetts. Anthony was a great speaker; she fought for women’s right
in 1852. In 1869, she founded the National Woman’s Suffrage Association with her
friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. On November 1872 she was arrested for voting in
the president Election, and then the judge pronounced her guilty and given a
fine of $100, but she never paid. Her canvassing plan is still used today by
grassroots and political organizations. Susan B Anthony died on Match, 13, 1906
in her home in Rochester, New York of pneumonia and hears failure. After she
died 14 year later women finally had the right to vote. Her last public words
were, “Failure is impossible”. Anthony dedicated her whole life to help
American women to have the right to vote.
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