Anthony, Susan B. (1820–1906)
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Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
One fall day, long ago, a woman named Susan B. Anthony voted. It was Election Day. About two weeks later, a man knocked on her door. He came to arrest her.
What was Anthony’s crime? She was a woman and she voted! It was 1872; American women were not allowed to vote. Anthony knew she was breaking the law; that was part of her plan. She knew that she would go to court. She planned what she would say to the judge. She knew that newspapers would print what she said, and many people would read her words. She wanted to win the right to vote for women.
Susan B. Anthony would become a leader for women’s rights. What was it about her that made her a leader?
Anthony was smart. She learned to read and write when she was only three years old. She read many books. She studied the laws of the United States. Anthony knew that American women were citizens. Citizens are people who have the right to live in a certain place. Anthony thought that if women were citizens they should be able to vote. Yet the laws didn’t say women could vote.
Anthony was brave. People thought that arresting her would stop her actions. It didn’t. She spoke out at meetings. In those days, women were supposed to listen, not speak.
She was willing to work hard, and she had many friends who stood by her. Her table was always set with an extra plate in case somebody stopped by to help. Many people did.
Susan B. Anthony died in 1906, but her work continued. Thousands of other women kept on working to win the right to vote. In 1920, the law was changed. Women all over the United States won the right to vote. Anthony’s dream came true at last.
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