They soon made a great team and become well-known abolitionist. Together they founded the Women's State Temperance Society "with the goal of petitioning the State legislature to pass a law limiting the sale of liquor."3 Unfortunately at this period of time Anthony experienced wretched moments. One of it was her petition being rejected because -- although there were twenty eight thousand signatures, most of them were from women and children. Rejections only made her stronger, "she traveled extensively, campaigning on the behalf of women."4 Anthony soon became active and began working as a representative for the American Anti-Slavery Society. At the age of 36, Anthony encountered hostile mobs, armed threats, and things thrown at her. Anthony spent years promoting the society until the Civil War.
"Susan B. Anthony was convinced by her work for temperance that women needed the vote if they were to influence public affairs."5 In 1863, Stanton and Anthony organized the Women's Loyal National League, "It was the first national women's political organization in the U.S., to campaign for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would abolish slavery".6 Amongst many organizations Anthony and Stanton founded, the American Equal Rights Association or mostly called AERA was one of them. Together they also published a weekly journal called The Revolution in Rochester around 1868, with a quote saying "Men their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less." They also believed that by campaigning state-by-state basis would attract more attention and would come of faster. Both come up with a strategy to split up the movement, and successfully made Wyoming the first territory to give women the vote in 1869. After her tour to the West in November of 1872, Anthony and her three sisters including other women were arrested in Rochester for voting illegally in the presidential election.