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Susan B. Anthony - Abolitionist
After her family moved to Rochester in 1845, they became were active in the anti-slavery movement. Anti-slavery Quakers met at their every Sunday. This led her to focus on campaigning for equality because it set up her life goals and how she imagined people should be treated, and that is fairly. Her parents instilled this mindset into her at a young age and it continued on throughout her activist movements.
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Susan B. Anthony - The Daughters of Temperance
Anthony joined the Daughters of Temperance as a sister, the effects of drunkenness of families and campaigned for stricter liquor laws. This event is important because it is the beginning of her equal rights advocacy as it directly affects the household around those whom are abusing alcohol. This event motivated Anthony because she was brought up as a quaker and believed that alcohol consumption was sinful. https://www.loc.gov/collections/susan-b-anthony-papers/articles-and-essays/timeline/ -
Susan B. Anthony - Minor v. Happersett
The supreme court decided that those females were not legally allowed or entitled to vote. This is a very important event in Anthony's timeline due to the fact that she had made progress with Wyoming now her work seems futile and fleeting. This is an event that could have enraged those advocates, and fueled an intense desire to work even harder. This allowed Anthony to focus harder on her campaign for equality. https://www.loc.gov/collections/susan-b-anthony-papers/articles-and-essays/timeline/ -
Susan B. Anthony - Congress Laughed At Her Movement
In 1877 Anthony advocated for the suffrage amendment, but the congress laughed at her. This influenced her to become an equal rights advocate because they did not take her seriously and treated her as some child that didn't know what she was doing. She appeared before every congress and this dedication led to her becoming an equal rights advocate. She knew that no woman would be taken seriously, just as she hadn't as she was laughed at. (Citing won't fit, see email please)