Susan B. Anthony is well known for not giving her seat up on a bus. However, many people do not recall the other extraordinary events that took place thanks to her. Anthony was an African American woman, and during the 1800’s African Americans were not treated equally and neither were women of any color. Women had no rights to do anything. Many thought that women’s sole purpose was to slave in a kitchen and teach young kids. Thus, Anthony became a teacher. Where she fed young minds her brilliance that was about to come forth in the following years. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15,1820. She was the second oldest out of eight children, but unfortunately two of her siblings died. One died during birth and the other died at a very young …show more content…
Anthony met the twenty-sixth president of the United States, President Theodore Roosevelt, in Washington D.C. in 1905. She met with Roosevelt to go over every detail of her plan for women's suffrage. She laid out how she believed women should have the right to do everything that men can do. Anthony was fighting to add an amendment that would give women the right to vote and give liberties to women everywhere. Unfortunately, Anthony died on March 13, 1906 fourteen years before the nineteenth amendment was added to the constitution. The fourteenth amendment gave women the right to vote. It also gave many women the feeling that they were equal to their male counterparts. In 1979 Susan B. Anthony was the first women to be honored by the United States Treasury Department by being put on the dollar coin. She was honored due to her amazing efforts for women’s rights. She really thought all about how her actions could be taken, but thought enough was enough and fought for what she wanted …show more content…
Anthony helped so many women find strength and feel that they can achieve just as much. Being born during the abolitionist period really struck her deep. She knew she needed change and with everything she was going through being a colored women she had no choice but to do it herself. During the abolitionist period African Americans were not treated kindly, they were beaten and treated as if they were the scum of the earth. However abolitionists were trying to end slavery and try to create a place where everyone is equal. Susan B. Anthony helped us go in the right direction.
Anthony left a lasting impact on this country. She fought for women to have the nineteenth amendment granting women the right to vote. Anthony believed that “failure is impossible” and that if you try you can not fail because you believed in something enough to try it. Thanks to Anthony women not only have the right to vote, but they get reminded that all it takes is one stand to get their point across and if you believe you can, you will. Though Anthony never got to see the outcome of her fight she left many with freedoms others never would have imagined come