Born February 15, 1820, died March 13, 1906) Susan Brownell Anthony spent her entire life fighting for women. Her Quaker family gave her an education and equality with men unusual
for a woman of her generation and she chose to use her educated mind to fight for the rights of women everywhere
Most specifically, she thought that women, as half the
population, should have the same rights as as men to vote for those who governed them-- and that women, as well as men should be able to run for political office, including President of the United States. From the founding of The Women's Party in 1848 on, she fought fiercely for the right of women to vote, but sadly died before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, was passed in 1920.
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