Women Activists

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In American history women were not given as many rights as men were. They were treated unfairly because of their gender. Throughout American history there were American women who took a stand and fought for women’s rights. Who were some American women right’s activists in American History that stood up for themselves and other women in throughout America?

One women activist was Susan Brownell Anthony who was born February 15, 1820 in South Adams, Massachusetts (“Susan B. Anthony”). Susan B. Anthony was a great woman who was determined to change women’s rights. For example, there is a quote that states, “Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to the cause, the woman Suffrage Movement” (qtd. in “Susan Brownell Anthony”). Through Susan’s life she had many major accomplishments toward women’s rights. In 1869 with a life-long friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton, they founded the Nation Woman’s Suffrage Association (“Susan Brownell Anthony”). In 1868-1870, she published a weekly paper called “The Revolution” whose motto was “Men their rights and nothing more, women their rights and nothing less” (“Susan Brownell Anthony”). She published this in New York City which was devoted to the emancipation of women (“Susan B. Anthony”). Susan was a brave woman for standing up for what she believes in. To test the application of the 14th and 15th amendments of the U.S. constitution, she casted ballots at the congressional and state election in Rochester in 1872 (“Susan B. Anthony”). For illegal voting, she was fined by the Justice Hunt but never ended up paying the accordance with her defiant declaration (“Susan B. Anthony”). Not many people during this time period would be brave enough to do this. Susan also had many other accomplishments. In 1878, she ...

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... in American History that stood up for themselves and other women in throughout America? Just to name a few, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Eleanor Roosevelt were a few American women right’s activists in American History. These women were some of the greatest and well known women in America today.

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