Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in

Adams, Massachusetts to Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Susan was

the second born of eight children in a strict Quaker family.

Her father, Daniel Anthony, was said to have been a stern

man, a Quaker Abolitionist and a cotton manufacturer born

near the conclusion of the eighteenth century. From what I

read, he believed in "guiding" his children, not in

'directing' them. Daniel Anthony did not allow his

offspring to experience the childish amusements of toys,

games, and music, which were seen as distractions from the

"inner light." Instead he enforced self-discipline,

principled convictions, and the belief in one's own

Each of my sources indicates that Susan was a precocious

child and she learned to read and write at the age of three.

In 1826, the Anthonys moved from Massachusetts to

Battensville, New York where Susan attended a district

school. When the teacher refused to teach Susan long

division, Susan was taken out of school and taught in a

"home school" set up by her father. The school was run by a

woman teacher, Mary Perkins. Perkins offered a new image of

make her willing to lead a dependent, subservient life. It

In 1945, Japanese women also received the right to vote.

power to chastise or punish her. The laws of divorce were so

Anthony, Katherine S. Susan B. Anthony : Her Personal

World War I in April 1917, the NAWSA pledged its support.

and in March 1873, she tried to vote again in city

Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt. On July 2, 1979, the U.S.

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