Susan B.Anthony was born in 1820. She was from a large Quaker family. Quakers are a kind of
religious group that believes in rights for all. They lived on a farm. She had many brothers and sisters.
Her farm was a meeting place for people against slavery. They believed in
equal rights for all. The abolitionists such as Frederick Douglas came to the meetings.
She started teaching at the age of 17.
She did not believe that men should have the
right to
vote when women did not.
After she died, the 19th Amendment was passed giving women the
right to
vote.
Later in 1979, a silver dollar was made and distributed with her picture on it.
She is well remembered for her work in
civil rights.