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[[Image:SBAnthony.jpg‎|right|thumb|550px|Susan B. Anthony]]

[[Image:SBAnthony.jpg‎|right|thumb|550px|Conservative icon [[Ben Stein]] is a distant relation of Susan B. Anthony.]]

'''Susan Brownell Anthony''' was born on February 20th, 1820 in Adams, [[Massachusetts]] to a family of eight children. Her parents were Daniel and Lucy Anthony. The family held to strict [[Quaker]] beliefs, and from very young age Susan was taught the importance of self-worth and being active in the world. The Anthony children were not permitted to play with toys, believing they wasted time and effort. She learned to read and write at the amazingly low age of three years old. Susan attended public schools as first, but when they would not teach her [[long division]] she was withdrawn from public school and home schooled.  At the age of 17 she took on a teaching position, continuing to teach until she eventually settled down in Rochester, NY. Anthony never had any children or got married.

'''Susan Brownell Anthony''' was born on February 20th, 1820 in Adams, [[Massachusetts]] to a family of eight children. Her parents were Daniel and Lucy Anthony. The family held to strict [[Quaker]] beliefs, and from very young age Susan was taught the importance of self-worth and being active in the world. The Anthony children were not permitted to play with toys, believing they wasted time and effort. She learned to read and write at the amazingly low age of three years old. Susan attended public schools as first, but when they would not teach her [[long division]] she was withdrawn from public school and home schooled.  At the age of 17 she took on a teaching position, continuing to teach until she eventually settled down in Rochester, NY. Anthony never had any children or got married.

In 1848 she made her first public speech at a Daughters of Temperance supper.  The following year she was elected president of Rochester branch of the Daughters of Temperance and raised money for the cause.  In 1851, Anthony met [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] and a lifetime friendship ensued.  In 1853 Anthony and Stanton founded the Women's State Temperance Society.  When a petition was rejected by the state because most of the signers were women and children, Anthony decided women needed the right to vote so their opinions would be recognized.  Because of this stance, she and Stanton were criticized and eventually resigned from the Women's State Temperance Society. <ref>http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/biography.shtml#TEMP</ref>

In 1848 she made her first public speech at a Daughters of Temperance supper.  The following year she was elected president of Rochester branch of the Daughters of Temperance and raised money for the cause.  In 1851, Anthony met [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] and a lifetime friendship ensued.  In 1853 Anthony and Stanton founded the Women's State Temperance Society.  When a petition was rejected by the state because most of the signers were women and children, Anthony decided women needed the right to vote so their opinions would be recognized.  Because of this stance, she and Stanton were criticized and eventually resigned from the Women's State Temperance Society. <ref>http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/biography.shtml#TEMP</ref>

In 1854, Anthony took up the [[abolitionist]] movement until the [[Civil War]] began in 1861. As with most leaders of the early womens' rights movement, including her friend Elizabeth, Susan was a staunch anti-abortionist. After the Civil War came to an end, she founded the [[American Equal Rights Association]] in 1866 along with Stanton. Susan did not stop with her activist habits here. She took on the [[women’s suffrage]] fight in the 1860’s as well, wanting the same voting rights that were to be given to freed slaves via the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution.  <ref>http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/biography.shtml#TEMP</ref>

In 1854, Anthony took up the [[abolitionist]] movement until the [[Civil War]] began in 1861. As with most leaders of the early women's rights movement, including her friend Elizabeth, Susan was a staunch anti-abortionist. After the Civil War came to an end, she founded the [[American Equal Rights Association]] in 1866 along with Stanton. Susan did not stop with her activist habits here. She took on the [[women’s suffrage]] fight in the 1860’s as well, wanting the same voting rights that were to be given to freed slaves via the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution.  <ref>http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/biography.shtml#TEMP</ref>