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She Was Tight With Frederick Douglass

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She Was The First Real Woman on U.S. Currency

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Anthony was the first woman to appear on a U.S. coin. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act, which replaced the existing dollar coin with one bearing Anthony's image. She is the first woman to have her likeness emblazoned on a coin

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She Had a Criminal Record

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Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer in the women's suffrage movement in the United States and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association

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Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer in the women's suffrage movement in the United States and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, which she founded with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Anthony's work helped pave the way for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. The amendment was known as the "Susan B. Anthony Amendment" to honor her work on behalf of women's rights, and on July 2, 1979, she became the first woman to be featured on a circulating coin from the U.S. mint.
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Early Life and Abolitionist Movement

Born Susan Brownell Anthony on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Daniel Anthony, a cotton mill owner, and his wife, Lucy Read Anthony. She grew up in a politically active family who, as part of the abolitionist movement, worked to end slavery.

When they moved to Rochester, New York, in 1845, the Anthony's social circle included anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass, who would later join Anthony in the fight for women's rights, and journalist William Lloyd Garrison. The Anthonys were also part of the temperance movement, which attempted to cease the production and sale of alcohol in the United States.

When Susan B. Anthony was denied a chance to speak at a temperance convention because of her gender, she was inspired to shift her focus to the fight for women's rights. She realized that no one would take women in politics seriously unless they had the right to vote, writing: "There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers."
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National Woman Suffrage Association

Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869 alongside activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Around this time, the two created and produced The Revolution, a weekly publication that lobbied for women's rights under the American Equal Rights Association (AERA). Its masthead read: "Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

Later the pair edited three volumes of History of Woman Suffrage together alongside activist Matilda Joslyn Gage.

Anthony was tireless in her efforts, giving speeches around the country to convince others to support a woman's right to vote. She even took matters into her own hands in 1872 when she voted in the presidential election illegally. Anthony was arrested and tried unsuccessfully to fight the charges. She ended up being fined $100-a fine she never paid.
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Susan B. Anthony Death and Dollar

Susan B. Anthony never married, and devoted her life to the cause of women's equality. She once said she wished "to live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women." When she died on March 13, 1906, at the age of 86 from heart failure and pneumonia, women still did not have the right to vote.

It wasn't until 1920-14 years after her death-that the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving all adult women the right to vote was passed, largely spearheaded by Anthony's successor as president of the National American Women's Suffrage Association, Carrie Chapman Catt.

The 19th Amendment was nicknamed the "Susan B. Anthony Amendment" in Anthony's honor. In recognition of her dedication and hard work, the U.S. Treasury Department put Anthony's portrait on one-dollar coins in 1979, making her the first woman to be so honored. She is buried in Rochester, New York, at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Quotes
"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." "Independence is happiness." "Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry." "No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent." READ MORE: Women's History Milestones
Sources

Susan B. Anthony: Biography.com
Susan B. Anthony Family: SusanBAnthonyFamily.com.
Susan B. Anthony Dollar. USMint.gov.
Susan B. Anthony Supports Women's Suffrage Amendment. AmericasLibrary.gov.
Susan B. Anthony. NPS.gov.

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Susan B. Anthony: Dollar, Quotes & Suffrage - HISTORY

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Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the U.S. women's suffrage movement and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, is honored by a one dollar coin.

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She Convinced A University to Accept Women

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Champion of temperance, abolition, the rights of labor, and equal pay for equal work, Susan Brownell Anthony became one of the most visible leaders of the women's suffrage movement. Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she traveled around the country delivering speeches in favor of women's suffrage.

Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Her father, Daniel, was a farmer and later a cotton mill owner and manager and was raised as a Quaker. Her mother, Lucy, came from a family that fought in the American Revolution and served in the Massachusetts state government. From an early age, Anthony was inspired by the Quaker belief that everyone was equal under God. That idea guided her throughout her life. She had seven brothers and sisters, many of whom became activists for justice and emancipation of slaves.

After many years of teaching, Anthony returned to her family who had moved to New York State. There she met William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass, who were friends of her father. Listening to them moved Susan to want to do more to help end slavery. She became an abolition activist, even though most people thought it was improper for women to give speeches in public. Anthony made many passionate speeches against slavery.

In 1848, a group of women held a convention at Seneca Falls , New York. It was the first Women's Rights Convention in the United States and began the Suffrage movement. Her mother and sister attended the convention but Anthony did not. In 1851, Anthony met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The two women became good friends and worked together for over 50 years fighting for women's rights. They traveled the country and Anthony gave speeches demanding that women be given the right to vote. At times, she risked being arrested for sharing her ideas in public.

Anthony was good at strategy. Her discipline, energy, and ability to organize made her a strong and successful leader. Anthony and Stanton co-founded the American Equal Rights Association. In 1868 they became editors of the Association's newspaper, The Revolution, which helped to spread the ideas of equality and rights for women. Anthony began to lecture to raise money for publishing the newspaper and to support the suffrage movement. She became famous throughout the county. Many people admired her, yet others hated her ideas.

When Congress passed the which give voting rights to African American men, Anthony and Stanton were angry and opposed the legislation because it did not include the right to vote for women. Their belief led them to split from other suffragists. They thought the amendments should also have given women the right to vote. They formed the National Woman Suffrage Association , to push for a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote.

In 1872, Anthony was arrested for voting. She was tried and fined $100 for her crime. This made many people angry and brought national attention to the suffrage movement. In 1876, she led a protest at the 1876 Centennial of our nation's independence. She gave a speech-"Declaration of Rights"-written by Stanton and another suffragist, Matilda Joslyn Gage.

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

Anthony spent her life working for women's rights. In 1888, she helped to merge the two largest suffrage associations into one, the National American Women's Suffrage Association. She led the group until 1900. She traveled around the country giving speeches, gathering thousands of signatures on petitions, and lobbying Congress every year for women. Anthony died in 1906, 14 years before women were given the right to vote with the passage of the in 1920.

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She Was a Fashion Warrior

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susan was born February 15, 1820 and died March 13, 1906

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Anthony helped fugitive slaves escape and held an anti-slavery rally

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Champion of temperance, abolition, the rights of labor, and equal pay for equal work