Susan B. Anthony
Daniel Sung 7th period Honors English
About Susan B. Anthony
She was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was part of the Women's suffrage movement as well as the abolitionist movement. In 1869, she formed the National woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and worked for women's rights throughout her life. In 1872, she was arrested for voting and testing the validity of the fourteenth amendment, which stated that all men are created equal.
The aboliton of slavery
Susan B. Anthony campaigned for the emancipation of the slaves.
Insubordination to an unjust government.
She violated the law that accorded suffrage only to men when she voted in the presidential election and got arrested.
Equality between genders
She attempted to eradicate inequality between genders.
Fighter for Equality - Susan B. Anthony I THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Her connection with thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"
Susan B. Anthony wanted the immediate improvement in women's rights by attempting to grant suffrage to them. Similarly, Henry David Thoreau blames the inefficient government and claims that "for remedying the evil ... they take too much time". Anthony wanted to terminate the discrimination of women and African Americans by pursuing equal rights among people and standing against injustice in society. Likewise, Thoreau believes that the slavery should end and says "when a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves ... it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize". Both of them championed for equality among people and disobeyed the unjust government for immediate resolution.