Women's Rights

Research Paper # 59133

History
Women Studies

Women's Rights

A look at the life of Susan B. Anthony and how she supported and helped women with her fight for human rights.

4,000 words () | 6 sources | MLA | 2005 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper narrates the life of Susan B. Anthony. It explains how she was a woman's rights activist and fought for women to have equal rights with men. She was a feminist and a role model to all women. It shows how she also campaigned for equal rights for all American citizens, including former slaves.

From the Paper:

"Susan B. Anthony was raised in a Quaker family with activist traditions. She was born February 15,1820 in Adams, Massachusetts and died on March 13, 1906. Quakers do not believe in armed conflict or slavery, and they were among the first groups to practice full equality between men and women. Other American women did not experience the freedom and respect Anthony did while growing up. She worked to change that disparity, by becoming a leader in the crusade for women's rights. Susan B. Anthony was an outstanding American reformer, who led the struggle to achieve the women's voting rights for fifty-five years. Because she was a woman, she did not have the right to speak at temperance rallies. Following the Civil War, Susan B. Anthony concentrated exclusively on woman's issues and especially, campaigned for suffrage. She devoted fifty years of her life to overcome the notion's opposition to woman suffrage. She became so identified with her cause that when the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote, it became known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment."