Susan+Brownell+Anthony

toc Susan B. Anthony Shira Weitman and Hila Landau Neveh Channah 2012

=Biography= Susan B. Anthony was born in February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts, as a second of seven children. She died in March 13 1906, in Rochester, New York. She was famous for her struggle for women's vote rights. In addition, she fought against alcohol and for labor rights. She also founded the "Revolution" newspaper. Anthony's father, Daniel, was a cotton manufacturer, and educated her family to the Quaker religion. In addition, he didn't allow her and her siblings to have toys, because he believed that they damaged the soul. When she was 6 years old the family moved to Battenville, New York. She was sent to a local school, but after one of the teachers refused to teach her brother, Daniel took his children out of the school, and they started home schooling. When Anthony was 29 years old, she became active in a movement to abolish slavery. In addition, she worked a few years as a teacher and later as a principal in a women's school. Around the same time she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They both worked together for a long time for equality for women. After the Civil War Anthony was very disappointed to see that many people were ready to fight for suffrage for black people, but weren't ready to fight for suffrage for women. As a result she became more focused in providing vote rights for women. At 1866 she helped to found the "American Equal Rights Association", and later, with Elizabeth Stanton she founded the "National Woman Suffrage Association". This association was even larger than the "American Woman Suffrage Association", but in 1890 their association and the "American Woman Suffrage Association" united. To convince people that women have the rights to vote, Anthony traveled all over the United States and spoke. Usually, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the speeches and Anthony spoke to the people. In addition, they wrote articles in their newspaper, "The Revolution". Stanton and Anthony published it, and the National Women Suffrage Association opinions were represented, too. The first journal was published on January 1868. On 1870 the newspaper was passed to Laura Curtis Bullard because they had very high bills and couldn't pay them. Two years later the newspaper was passed to the ownership of the "New York Christian Enquirer". Susan B. Anthony's struggle wasn't only for women's vote rights, but also for other rights. For example, she was against abortions. She claimed that the abortion can risk the woman – even cause death! In addition, she believed that abortion is just like murder. Anthony was the first woman that appeared on a coin. It was a dollar coin that was used in the years 1979-1999. Susan Brownell Anthony was a special woman. She was one of the most influential women in the 19th century. She fought for the women's right to be part of the society in which their voice is counted. Even though, when she died only four countries in the United States had vote rights for women, there is no doubt that her struggle promoted the women's status incredibly.

=Identity Card= ** Full name: ** Susan Brownell Anthony ** Father's Name: ** Daniel Anthony ** Date of Birth: ** 15 February 1820 ** Place of Birth: ** Adams, Massachusetts ** Date of death: ** 13 March 1906 ** Place of death: ** Rochester, New York ** Profession: ** Teacher ** Famous For: ** Her struggle for women's vote rights. In addition, she fought against alcohol and for labor rights.
 * Something Special: ** She was the first woman who appeared on a coin.

=Interview= ** Susan Brownell Anthony, tell us a little bit about you. **  I was born in February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts, as a second of seven children. My father, Daniel, was a cotton manufacturer, and educated my family to the Quaker religion. In addition, he didn't allow to me and my siblings to have toys, because he believed that they damaged the soul. When I was 6 years old my family moved to Battenville, New York. I was sent to a local school. But after one of the teachers refused to teach my brother my father took me out of the school, and I started home schooling. ** What was your first serious role? **  When I was 29 years old, I became active in a movement to abolish slavery. In addition, I worked few years as a teacher and later as a principal in a women's school. ** What was your relationship with Elizabeth Cady Stanton? **  I met Elizabeth Cady Stanton thanks to my friend Amelia Bloomer, she is the one that introduced us. I have worked with Elizabeth a long time for equality for women, mainly in voting rights. Usually, Elizabeth used to write and I was the one who traveled around the country speaking on stage. ** When and why did you found the "National Woman Suffrage Association"? **  After the Civil War I was very disappointed to see that many people were ready to fight for the suffrage of black people, but weren't ready to fight for suffrage of women. As a result, I became more focused in providing vote rights to women. At 1866 I helped to found the "American Equal Rights Association" and later Elizabeth and I founded the "National Woman Suffrage Association". This association was even larger than the "American Woman Suffrage Association", but in 1890 our association and the "American Woman Suffrage Association" united. ** What do you think about abortion? **  I am against abortion. I can't understand such irresponsibility – moreovert, I can't forgive – women who did abortion. This is just like a murder, and it's doesn't matter what the reason is. I think that today, when the medical world is more developed, it's easier to understand these women, but in the late 19th century?! These women could become sick or even die!! ** What is the "The Revolution" newspaper? **  Oh, this is the next thing I want to say. Elizabeth and I published it, and we represented also the National Women Suffrage Association opinions about abortion, women's vote rights and more. Our first journal was published on January 1868. In 1870 the newspaper was passed to Laura Curtis Bullard due to financial issues. Two years later the newspaper was passed to the ownership of the "New York Christian Enquirer". ** You did a lot for women's vote rights. You thought they were discriminated, that men think they are just not intelligent enough. So how do you explain that some of your writings say that white women are better than black men? This is also a kind of discrimination. **  Well, in those days most of the black people weren't educated at all, and some of them were also immigrants. These two things made me think that their votes wouldn't be considered carefully. ** How did you spread out your ideas about women vote rights? **  To convince people that women have the rights to vote – not less than men, I traveled all over the United States and spoke. As I said, Elizabeth wrote the speeches and I spoke to the people. In addition, we wrote articles in our newspaper, "The Revolution". ** Are you happy that your picture appeared on the dollar coin? **  Yes, of course! I think that it shows that our struggle succeeded and that the USA also thinks so. Maybe it proves that women are equal to men – even more! ** Do you think that your actions changed the attitude towards women? ** Well, it seems like my activities for women's vote rights haven't changed much. Namely, only four states have given women's suffrage when I acted for a change. However, I believe that my action will greatly assist the change in the attitude towards women in the future. I hope that many people will continue the change that I started.

=Speech= September 1979, Adams, Massachusetts Ladies and gentlemen, We are gathered here today to celebrate the opening of a new school for girls, in the name of Susan Brownell Anthony. Maybe some of you are familiar with her picture that appeared on the dollar coin, but don't know exactly who she was. Let us say a few words about this outstanding woamn. Susan Brownell Anthony was one of the most important people who acted for women's rights, especially vote rights. She was born on February 15, 1820, here, in Adams, and died on March 13, 1906. She founded the "National Woman Suffrage Association", and also published "The Revolution" newspaper. Both of them helped her to express her opinions about women rights. In addition, she traveled all over the United States and tried to convince people that a change must be done. We believe in Anthony's way. We think that women need to change the world, to make it better. Our vision is that someday women will be able to be part of influential role around the world. Women have the power to lead, to change – not less, and even more, than men have. We hope that if the school will operate in Anthony's way our students will be able to affect many processes in the world, as they deserve to. Many girls have already registered to Susan Brownell Anthony School. Come and join us and become part of this special school that follows Anthony's way. A school, that leads its students to accomplish their ambitions, and fulfill their duty to society.

=Rationale= We decided to write about Susan Brownell Anthony because we know that women didn't always have the right to vote. We were curious to learn about this special woman who brought upon the change. In addition, we wanted to understand the process of the development of the women's vote rights. It's seems obvious in our days that women have all these rights, but just 150 years ago the condition was completely different.

=Reflection= We chose to write about Susan Brownell Anthony because we very interested in the development of women's right, especially vote rights. The project helped us improve our writing skills and our English language skills, too. Most of the instructions and the assignments were clear, but we encountered different problems along our work. Our main problem was lack of time. We enjoyed learning new things about the time and the people who lived then, and our teacher really helped us to deal with our problems.

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