Happy Birthday to Susan B. Anthony – a brave advocate
and spokesperson who fought for justice, equality and women’s suffrage. Born in Adams, Massachusetts on this date in
1820, Ms. Anthony was raised in a Quaker family which helped instill her early
sense of justice and moral zeal.
As she matured, she became active in the temperance movement,
(even though, as a woman she was not allowed to speak at temperance rallies!) the
slavery abolition movement and an outspoken advocate for a woman’s right to own
her own property and retain her own earnings.
After meeting fellow advocate Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ms. Anthony
dedicated her life’s work to the woman’s suffrage movement.
To learn more about this amazingly courageous human being, check out these and other library
resources:
The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons from the Greatest
Speeches in History by Hale
The Susan B. Anthony You Never Knew by Collier
Susan B. Anthony: A Life of Fairness by Boothroyd
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Fighting
Together for Women’s Rights by Mattern
Kathleen Ahern
Children's Librarian
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