Susan B. Anthony | First and Second Grade Social Studies Lesson

hello autobots here we go today we are going to learn about

susan

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anthony

susan

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was a teacher, speaker across the country and fought for women's rights especially women's right to vote let's look at the life of this extraordinary female susan banthony was born in 1820 into a quaker family quakers are a type of religious group and quakers believe that men and women should have equal rights this had a huge impact on susan banthony as a child now in that then only men were allowed to vote this made susan banthony very frustrated she thought it was fair that women could vote too susan banthony was a teacher but quit when she saw how unfairly women were paid susan banthony decided travel the country giving speeches she wanted everyone in the country to hear about the cause of women's rights many people disagreed with her sometimes people thank her he would itate or even egg him when he spoke but guess what he never gave in to in 1872 susan b anthony voted even though it was illegal she was arrested for doing what she thought was right and guess what she refused to pay the fine she said she would not pay a fine what was unfair or unfair susan b anthony continued to fight for women's rights until she died in 1906 and thanks to her in 1920 14 years after her death women won the right to vote in 1972 to celebrate all she did in life susan b anthony became the

first

woman to be on an american coin her name was the anthony dollar susan b anthony what an amazing life she led she was a teacher she was a speaker across the country and she fought for women's rights and made such a difference that we still experience today thank you so much for watching this video on susan b anthony we hope it was inspiring and we hope you learned something new and we hope to see you again soon