Back in the 1800’s women didn’t have much and couldn’t do much. Women weren’t respected nor treated fairly. It wasn’t until the women’s rights movement that people finally opened their eyes to fairness and equalization for women. There was a woman that stood out that took part in the organization. She was not only a part of the women’s rights movement, she was an abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, and suffragist. Her name was Susan B. Anthony and here is her story.
Susan B. Anthony developed a sense of justice early in her life. Her family had a long line of traditions within activists. The Anthony family was involved in the anti-slavery movement and held meetings almost every Sunday for other anti-slavery …show more content…
From this point on, Stanton and Anthony began to work as a team of activists. While getting to know one another, they realized that no woman would ever be taken serious in the act of politics unless something were to change. At first they had the idea to fight for women’s right to vote, but why settle for just one thing. That’s when the movement for Women’s rights began. While fighting for women’s right’s Anthony and Stanton formed a group called the New York State Woman’s Rights Committee. This led to having petitions drawn up so that woman are able to vote and own …show more content…
Elizabeth did have the idea of the woman’s rights movement, but Susan didn’t quite jump on board quickly. It wasn’t until she saw that males disregarded and were ignorant towards woman’s rights. She then agreed and decided to help, where then she became the leader and speaker of the Woman’s Rights Movement and Stanton would be the writer as she had a way with words. People didn’t think of Anthony as the leader at first, though. At an annual convention male delegated naming Stanton as president and that did not sit well with Susan. So from that point on she vowed to fight for woman’s rights full time and not back down until they got what they wanted. Both Susan and Elizabeth were targeted by the media in a negative way. It was said that Susan was Elizabeth’s puppet and just did all she said. They also said that Susan didn’t really have anything to say, but was going off of what Elizabeth told her. She had no brains in this and was only the
Susan B. Anthony developed a sense of justice early in her life. Her family had a long line of traditions within activists. The Anthony family was involved in the anti-slavery movement and held meetings almost every Sunday for other anti-slavery …show more content…
From this point on, Stanton and Anthony began to work as a team of activists. While getting to know one another, they realized that no woman would ever be taken serious in the act of politics unless something were to change. At first they had the idea to fight for women’s right to vote, but why settle for just one thing. That’s when the movement for Women’s rights began. While fighting for women’s right’s Anthony and Stanton formed a group called the New York State Woman’s Rights Committee. This led to having petitions drawn up so that woman are able to vote and own …show more content…
Elizabeth did have the idea of the woman’s rights movement, but Susan didn’t quite jump on board quickly. It wasn’t until she saw that males disregarded and were ignorant towards woman’s rights. She then agreed and decided to help, where then she became the leader and speaker of the Woman’s Rights Movement and Stanton would be the writer as she had a way with words. People didn’t think of Anthony as the leader at first, though. At an annual convention male delegated naming Stanton as president and that did not sit well with Susan. So from that point on she vowed to fight for woman’s rights full time and not back down until they got what they wanted. Both Susan and Elizabeth were targeted by the media in a negative way. It was said that Susan was Elizabeth’s puppet and just did all she said. They also said that Susan didn’t really have anything to say, but was going off of what Elizabeth told her. She had no brains in this and was only the