Susan B Anthony

            
             Born February 15, 1820 in Adams Massachutes. An avid women's rights advocate, abolitionist and temperance fighter, Susan B. Anthony was a woman to be reckoned with in the late 19th century. Born a quacker to a family with a long line of activists and activist traditions, Susan B. Anthony had it in her blood to do something remarkable, and she truly did.
             When her family moved to Rochester in 1845 her entire family became very involved in the anti-slavery movement. They even used to have anti-slavery meetings held at their house every Sunday. This is where Susan's first became interested in actually being able to do something to make a difference she became extremely active in the anti-slavery movement herself. In 1856 she became an important member of the American Anti-Slavery Society. She helped arrange meetings, made speeches, put up posters and gave out flyers. Yet at the same time she encountered angry hostile mobs, armed threats and even had things thrown at her, and once in Syracuse her picture was dragged through the streets in protest. In 1863 she co-organized the Women's National Loyal League to support a petition for the 13th Amendment, which would outlaw slavery. Slavery was something Susan had no tolerance for and wanted to do anything she could to help get it outlawed. .
             Being brought up in a strict Quaker household made the temperance fight very close to home for Susan. Her family thought that drinking liquor was sinful and anyone who did it was therefore a sinner in their eyes. She joined a group of women called the Daughters of Temperance. This was a group of women who helped make public the effects of drunkenness on families, and put all of their efforts into campaigning for stronger liquor laws. She made her first public speech in 1848 at a Daughters of Temperance supper, but was extremely upset when she was not allowed to speak a the Sons of Temperance Convention in 1853, so she left the meeting and called her own.