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Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams Massachusetts. Raised a Quaker, even at a young age Susan was concerned about the world around her. She began her first paying job when she was 26 years old. For one hundred ten dollars a year, Susan was the head of the girls' department at Canajoharie Academy. She taught for fifteen years after that. From that point on, Susan B. Anthony began her efforts to make changes in society.
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One of these accomplishments was convincing many schools to accept women as students. She joined and established many societies to promote women’s rights, such as the Women’s National Loyal League and the Anti-Slavery Society. Susan also published a newspaper in Rochester, New York, in 1868, called The Revolution. Susan B. Anthony devoted her whole life to fighting for women’s rights. She died from stroke complications, unmarried, on March 13, 1906, in her house in Rochester, New York.
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"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."
~Susan B. Anthony
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"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."
~Susan B. Anthony
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