Susan B. Anthony

  • Susan is born

    Susan is born
    Susan Brownell Anthony was born in Adams, Massachsetts, the second of 7 children.
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    Susan B. Anthony's life

  • School problems

    School problems
    Daniel Anthony takes daughters Susan and Guelma out of school. The 1837 depression causes him to declare bankruptcy and the family loses the Battenville house.
  • Teaching

    Teaching
    Susan B. Anthony begins teaching at Canajoharie Academy for a yearly salary of $110.
  • Women's rights

    Women's rights
    Anthony attends state convention of Sons of Temperance and is told to "listen and learn," which goes against her Quaker upbringing. She attends her first women's rights convention.
  • Anti-Slavery

    Anti-Slavery
    Anthony becomes agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
  • "No Union with Slaveholders. No Compromise."

    "No Union with Slaveholders. No Compromise."
    Anthony conducts anti-slavery campaign from Buffalo to Albany-"No Union with Slaveholders. No Compromise."
  • Women's Associations

    Women's Associations
    Anthony begins publication of The Revolution and forms Working Women's Associations for women in the publishing and garment trades.
  • Arrested

    Arrested
    Anthony is arrested for voting in the front parlor of 7 Madison Street (now 17 Madison) on November 18 and is indicted in Albany. She continues to lecture and attend conventions.
  • History of Woman Suffrage

    History of Woman Suffrage
    Anthony, Stanton, and Matilda Joslin Gage publish Volume I of the History of Woman Suffrage, followed by Volumes II, III and IV in 1882, 1885 and 1902.
  • Anthony raises the roof

    Anthony raises the roof
    Anthony raises the roof on her Rochester home to create a work-room where she and Ida Husted Harper begin work on her biography.
  • The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women

    The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women
    The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women is published. Anthony establishes a press bureau to feed articles on woman suffrage to the national and local press.
  • The Nurses Practice Act

    The Nurses Practice Act
    Anthony delivers the keynote address to the New York State Nurses Convention, advocating for the standardization of training and state registration of nurses. The Nurses Practice Act is passed in 1903.
  • President Theodore Roosevelt

    President Theodore Roosevelt
    Anthony meets with President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., about submitting a suffrage amendment to Congress.
  • "Failure is Impossible"

    "Failure is Impossible"
    Anthony attends suffrage hearings in Washington, D.C., She gives her "Failure is Impossible" speech at her 86th birthday celebration. Anthony dies at her Madison Street home on March 13.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, grants the right to vote to all U.S. women over 21.