The Life of Susan Brownell Anthony

She is a leader, an advocate, a reformist, an educational reformer, a labor activist, a seeker of justice, a battler of liberty, a crusader, a humanitarian, a rebel and most(prenominal) of all, a char of suffr while. Susan B. Anthony led the disembodied spirit of struggles as she pushed forth the rights of women as equal citizens, amidst the potential governing of men of her time. The Early Life Imagine a dour line of Green Mountains, rushing streams tumbling through rocky gorges, scenic meadows and forests, old bridges coupled with pleasantly old-fashioned invokehouses and road itinerarys.This picturesque panorama is where Susan B. Anthony was born, a second child and second eldest to Daniel and Susan Read Anthony of Adams, mum on February 15, 1820. She grew up in the loving and welcoming arms of her give and sky pilot. Although she lived in a somber and quiet home, theirs was a home make full with respect, affection and great comfort. Susan as a child is precocious, b rimming with password and life. At an early age of three she was taught to spell and read.She has great inspiration and does things that be considered beyond a girls capacity. Her father, one of her greatest influences was as a manager of a donkeyworking company and an emancipationist enthusiast at that time. At the age of 10, she was permitted by her kind and tender-hearted mother to accompany his father in his work and at the age of eleven was able to detect the injustice seen on women (Harper, 1969). She noniced a worker named cleft Ann who was exceptional in weaving not hike to a position of an overseer.A man named Elijah, who was the overseer at that time, kept waiver over to Sally Ann when dire situations come and in acetify Sally Ann always manages to deliver and correct the problems. And so when she asked her father why of all time Sally Ann neer got the position as an overseer, he replied that its because she was a fair sex, the dissatisfaction of Susan grew u p in a place filled with women. Most of the mills weavers were young girls and as custom, they reside with the millowner.Susan together with her mother took assist of these women and cooks and packs a dinner pail for them. Education was very important in their household. When the family moved to Battenville, there is an old fashioned district shallow taught by a man in winter and a woman in summer, and their views on teaching a girl lessons that were never insisted upon her such(prenominal) as Mathematics pushed her father to build a private school employed with the best instructors and totally admitted children willing to associate with his own.Girls were taught sewing, spelling as well as reading. Susan at the age of 15 became a teacher herself. This caused much debate from their neighbors for women are only employed or only work when situations are pressed upon them. In her time, womens values as equals were ignored and the right to vote where apt(p) to a chosen few, however this was not the case in their household and Susan never forgot the mark that incessantly in be quieted her to participation. Issues of slavery also intermingle, she once heard her father saying never to buy cotton raised by slavery.She joined meetings and conferences along with her father by the time she was old enough and thus began her quest for freedom (Lutz, 1959). The Susan B. Anthony as an Abolitionist Members of Susan Anthonys house during Sundays would meet at their farm where they were occasionally joined by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. In 1956 she became an agent of American Anti-Slavery night club wherein shes active in conducting speeches and meetings. As a result she was mobbed, threatened. She was hung in effigy and her image was dragged around the streets.In 1963, together with her closest friend, Elizabeth Stanton that she met on 1951 created Womens depicted object Loyal League wherein they fought for the rights of Black women as full citizens by nub of being allowed to vote. They were bitterly disappointed when their petition didnt appear in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, however continued their campaign in her newspaper The mutation that she herself is the editor and publisher. An Educational Reformer At the age of 26, Susan Anthony was the mind of the girls department at Canajoharie Academy fro two age earning $110 a year.It was in 1953 that she called for a prescript in which blast the issues regarding better pay and positions for women. She reiterated that it should be so because men and womens minds are of no difference so better opportunities should also be given to women ad ex-slaves such as education and equal treatment. One of her most memorable exploits was during the 1890s, when she raised $50,000 to secure the admittance of women in the University of Rochester putting her life insurance policy in value to meet up the deadline.The tell University was forced to submit due to their promise and as a result, during 1900s women were admitted for the first time. As a Labor Activist In her paper, The Revolution she promoted the eight-hour day and equal pay for equal work which in turn promoted the purchasing of American-made goods and immigration in the South and resettle in the country. She encourage women to form unions that will secure their right as workers and spearheaded the Workingwomens Central familiarity in 1970. As a Temperance Worker Her family always condemned the tipsiness of liquor.Back when she was a head of the girls department, she joined the Daughter of Temperance, a movement that notifies the public of the effects of liquor on families and campaigned for a legality against it. There was a time when she had been refused to speak in a convention and in turn she walked out and held a convention of her own. Together with Elizabeth Stanton, she make another organization and fought their way to the creation of laws against liquors. A Woman Suffragist and a Campaigner Anthony believed that in order for men and women to become equal, a unavoidableness for women to be allowed to vote should be in order.It symbolizes the capacity for women to decide and at the same time be acknowledged of their worthiness. It was the onset of voting in 1872 that she defiantly casted her ballot in the presidential elections and was arrested because of it. In turn she denied that it wasnt a crime and refused to pay for the penalty. She argued that she was merely exercising her right as a citizen of the country and recited the preamble of the federal constitution wherein she stressed that the citizens of the country, not white men or male men forms the union.It was in February 15, 1906, at the age of 86, Susan B. Anthony died. Ten thousand mourners grieved for her. In her later years she had extensively traveled the world seeking for woman empowerment. She was able to organize 48 countries with the same cause. It was 100 years after her birthday that 19th a mendment was passed on, extending the rights of women to vote. A Conclusion In the end, it is safe to say that Susan B. Anthony is truly a woman ahead of her time. She might have lived a life full of struggles unless she had lived on to the fullest.She had fought her way against the system in order to right what she thinks is an injustice. In the end, she is truly a hero and a martyr that maybe in one way or another, had not been not much assign upon. She is a symbol of truth and a mother of all women. She represents the women of nowadays that now know how to fight for their rights. She had gone a long way but in the end, she fought hard and won hard. Her legend lives on as women continue to uphold their worth as women in the society, amidst the onslaught of injustices and oppression.The fight still continues as long as there are still those who suffer. References An Account of the Proceedings of the Trial of Anthony, on teh Charge of Illegal voting, at the Presidential Election in November, 1872. Rochester Daily Democrat and Chronicle concur Print, 1872. reissueed 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Limited. Biography of Susan B. Anthony. Retrieved January 18, 2008 from http//www. susanbanthonyhouse. org/biography. s hypertext mark-up language Harper, Ida Husted. (1969) Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony. New YorkL Arno, 1969. NOTES Reprint of ten 1898-1908 ed.Holland, Patricia G. Susan B. Anthony. Microsoft Encarta 2007 DVD. Redmond, WA Microsoft Corporation, 2006. Linder. Doug (2001). The Trial of Susan B. Anthony for Illegal Voting. Retrieved January 18 2008 from http//www. law. umkc. edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/anthony/sbaaccount. html Lutz, A. (1959). Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian. Zenger Publishing Co. Inc. Washington D. C. Susan B. Anthony. (2006). American Atheist. Retrieved January 18, 2008 from http//www. atheists. org/Atheism/roots/anthony/