Susan B. Anthony - Herstory for Kids

Hi, I'm Sophie Malone and this is history today. I'm going to be Susan B. Anthony, let's open those polls. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Massachusetts, she had six brothers and sisters and was born into a Quaker family, that means she did. She didn't believe in singing, dancing or wearing fancy clothes, but they did believe that girls should receive an education just like boys, so Susan learned alongside her brothers one day. Susan came home from school upset because the teacher didn't teach the girls the same math as the girls. children, her father said, "Oh, there's no way we can have that" and said that her own school or her daughters could learn the same thing as her sons.

He also encouraged all of her children to discuss important issues happening in the world, including the fight against slavery. In 1837 a great economic depression occurred and many families, including Susan's, lost all their possessions, even selling their glasses and underwear. Susan decided hmm, I think she needs a job. She became a teacher, one of the only jobs available to women at the time. Susan I Met a New Friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan didn't know it then, but they would be friends for life. Elizabeth was also a pioneer in women's rights and together they were rebels in every way, including wearing a new style of skirt called bloomers, skirts designed just below me. about the pants Elizabeth said, "My God, Susan, look, you can see my legs." Bloomers were considered shocking at the time; in 1857, Susan shocked the New York State teachers' convention when she said, "So here's the deal, people, we must allow white and black children." boys and girls go to the same schools, people said: what are you khoka?

Then, in the 1860s, thanks to the efforts of Susan and Elizabeth, the state of New York allowed married women the right to own property and run businesses in their own names when the Civil War began. On April 12, 1861, Elizabeth went to see Susan and told her: "We are going to fight for the rights of women, who are temporarily on the sidelines; unfortunately, this would prove to be a decision that they would both eventually regret." end of the civil war in April 1865. Women's suffrage, which meant the fight for Women's right to vote became even more important. A new amendment to the Constitution was proposed that would give all citizens the right to vote and African Americans, but at that time a citizen would only look for his men.

Susan said, "We have to change the character of women." citizens too Susan returned to her home in Rochester just in time for the national elections of 1872, three weeks later she was arrested for voting when she went to trial the judge made his decision even before Susan's lawyer had to say anything and he said, yeah well I took care of one and they paid $100 for five but Susan said I am a pagan and decided to fight her test with the issue of women's suffrage on the front page of the newspapers. Women now spoke in public and worked more jobs in some places where they could even vote.

In local elections, suffragette groups existed across the country and more and more women were joining, but Susan Elizabeth still had a long way to go from 1877 to 1883. Susan went from state to state campaigning for women's suffrage and was to Washington DC every year to speak. Congress in 1887 first voted on him an amendment to the Constitution to give women the right to vote. It did not pass, but simply getting a vote in Congress was a partial victory for earlier laws from 1896 states such as Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and Utah. for women's right to vote in 1902 Isabel died shortly before her 87th birthday, the funeral was small and according to Isabel's wishes she was buried with a photo of her best friend Susan even after Isabel's death Susan kept up the fight in 1905 Susan L.

President Teddy Roosevelt asked her for help in giving women the right to vote across the country by asking Congress to amend the Constitution. He said, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, I'll totally do it, but President Roosevelt didn't ask them at Susan's 86th birthday celebration, she stood up." She stood up and told the women that they had to keep fighting. Failure is impossible; that was her last public speech on March 13, 1906. Susan died. Susan never lived to see women gain the right to vote, but all of her hard work paid off on August 18, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was passed, finally giving women the right to vote and , as Susan was a pioneer of women's rights, on July 2, 1979 she even got her own currency made in her honor, the Susan B Anthony dollar, and the rest. ask the rest that's history thanks for watching