Susan B. Anthony
Essential Question
How do I discuss the
lives of historical
figures who expanded
people’s rights and
freedoms in a
democracy?
Unit Launch – Time Machine PPT
Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
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Born in Adams,
Massachusetts in 1820.
The Anthony family
belonged to the Quaker
church.
The Anthony family did
not believe in games
and toys, but they did
believe in education.
Quaker a member of a religion that
emphasizes equality among people
Location
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Susan B. Anthony
grew up in the
northeast region
of the United
States.
She was born in
Massachusetts.
Impact of Location
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Many Quakers
settled in the
Northeast region
of the United
States.
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The Quakers
fought for fair
treatment of many
groups of people.
Social Barrier
Lack of Equal Rights
Brain Pop Jr. Video – Rights and Responsibility
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Women were not allowed to vote.
Women were thought of as children who could
not make their own decisions.
Married women could not own property.
Very few businesses would pay women to work
Women who did have a job were paid much less
than men.
People believe women did not need an
education.
It was thought that women only needed to know
how to do jobs like cooking and washing.
Overcoming
Lack of Equal Rights
Brain Pop Video - Voting
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Anthony’s family had different beliefs about
women.
Quakers thought women should have the same
rights as men.
Both women and men could speak in the Quaker
church, and both had important jobs in the church.
In Anthony’s home, girls learned the same things
as boys.
Anthony grew up expecting to become a strong,
independent woman.
independent being free to make
one’s own decisions
Overcoming
Lack of Equal Rights
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To be an independent woman,
Anthony needed a job.
In the 1800s, teaching was one of
the few jobs open to women, so
Anthony became a teacher.
Anthony was upset that she was
paid much less than men to do
the same work.
She complained about her salary
and lost her job.
She wrote in a letter to her father,
“I am going to do something
about it in my lifetime.”
Overcoming
Lack of Equal Rights
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Susan collected
signatures for a petition
to grant women the right
to own property and
vote.
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In 1860, New York passed
a law that allowed women
to make contracts and be
in charge of their own
money.
Overcoming
Lack of Equal Rights
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In Rochester, New York, Susan and
15 other women voted in the 1872
Presidential election.
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Three weeks later they were
arrested for breaking the law.
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The judge refused to let her testify
and sentenced her to a $100 fine.
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She died 14 years before the 19th
Amendment was passed that
allowed U.S. women to vote in
elections.
amendment a change or addition to
the U.S. Constitution
Adapted to Environment
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Susan spent most of her life fighting for
women’s suffrage and equality for women.
She traveled the country making speeches
and organizing state and national
conventions for women’s rights.
She published a newspaper called the
Revolution, which demanded equal rights
for women.
convention a formal meeting where
people discuss a subject they are
interested in
suffrage the right to
vote
Brain Pop Video – Women’s Suffrage
Movements
Movements
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1820: Adams, Massachusetts
– Susan B. Anthony is born.
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1848: Seneca Falls, New York
– She attended the Women’s Rights Convention.
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1872: Rochester, New York
– Anthony votes for President and is arrested.
Throughout her life she traveled the United States
giving speeches for women’s rights.
Movements Continued
Character Traits
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People show diligence when they work hard
over a long time to achieve a goal.
Susan’s diligence helped win equal rights
for women.
Justice is fair and equal treatment.
Anthony wanted everyone to have the same
rights, so we worked for justice.
Freedom of Conscience and Expression means that people have the right to
think and say what they believe.
She dedicated her life to speaking for the rights she believed in.