Susan Brownell Anthony was the first American activist who played a significant role in eliminating women's suffering in the United States. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was raised in a religious family with an activist tradition. At the age of 49, with a friend of...
In the late 1800s, the way American society treated women is very different than how they treat women today. Women were not considered full citizens, and they could not take part in many things that men could. They could not have any role in politics, and everything they did was under the control of their husband. More importantly, women's voting rights were nonexistent. Many women felt so strongly on the topic of not being able to vote that they began forming groups to get voting rights; they were known as suffragettes. ...
