Fight for Woman's Suffrage

The Fight for Woman’s Suffrage

Susan B. Anthony was an influential leader of her time. She was not only a leader, she was also a fighter. Not only did she use her organizational abilities and energy to the fight for women’s suffrage; she brought along her strong determination. Susan B. Anthony used her determination and helped fight for the abolition of slavery (Lind). Because of Anthony’s strong will, American women now have the right to vote and slaver has been abolished.
Anthony was born into a reform-minded Quaker family in Adams, Massachusetts. Her first leadership position came in 1846, when she became the head of the female department at Canajoharie Academy. While there, she was active in the temperance movement. She made her first public speech as the president of the local Daughters of Temperance at the Academy (Sigerman 37).
In 1851, Anthony met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who would become a long time friend. Stanton urged Anthony to join the women’s r...