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=Susan B. Anthony= Susan B. Anthony was a major part of the Suffrage Movement. She was an American Suffragist. She was born in Adams, Massachusetts on February 15, 1820. Her family were Quakers and they were huge supporters of antislavery and temperance, which was the campaign to take away alcoholic drinks. Anthony went to school in a private Quaker boarding school in Philadelphia with her three sisters. Her father made sure that his four daughters would get the same education that his two sons would receive. In 1839-1849, she taught school. In 1852, Anthony went to a temperance rally in Albany, New York. She was not allowed to speak publicly, which frustrated her. She created the Woman's State Temperance Society of New York. In 1869, she and Elizabeth Cady Stanton made the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Its goal was to give women the right to vote. In 1872, she voted in a presidential election and then was arrested and fined one hundred dollars for voting illegally. In 1881-1902, Susan B. Anthony helped Elizabeth Cady Stanton publish "The History of Woman Suffrage." She helped with four volumes. In 1890, The AWSA joined the NWSA, creating the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA). They both fought for 50 years for women to have the right to vote. From 1892-1900, she was the President of NAWSA. In 1904, Anthony established the International Woman Suffrage Alliance with Carrie Chapman Catt. Unfortunately, Susan B. Anthony died on March 13, 1906, 14 years before the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote. She died from heart failure and pneumonia in her home in Rodchester, New York. Her last public words: "Failure is impossible," became known as the suffrage rally cry. She was the first women to be on a U.S. coin in general circulation. We can all learn something from Susan B. Anthony. She was an incredible person and shall be remembered in history for a long time. = = By: Laura Klepinger = =

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