Susan B. Anthony

Another woman who has inspired me greatly... Susan B. Anthony. Most have heard her name, yet know very little about her.

Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to "the cause," the woman suffrage movement.

The accomplishments of Susan B. Anthony paved the way for the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 (14 years after her death) which gave women the right to vote.

She founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association in 1869 with life-long friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Together they worked for women's suffrage for over 50 years.

Published "The Revolution" from 1868-1870, a weekly paper about the woman suffrage movement whose motto read, "Men their rights and nothing more, women their rights and nothing less.

First person arrested, put on trial and fined for voting on November 5, 1872. Unable to speak in her defense she refuse to pay "a dollar of your unjust penalty."

Wrote the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in 1878 which later became the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

An organization genius -- her canvassing plan is still used today by grass root and political organizations.

Led the only non-violent revolution in our country's history -- the 72 year struggle to win women the right to vote.

NOW ladies...next time you go to vote... remember Susan B. Anthony (and the women she worked with) who paved the way for us all!