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Susan B. Anthony was a prominent American suffragist and civil rights activist.

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She campaigned against slavery and for women to be given the vote. She was the co-founder of the Women’s Temperance movement which campaigned to tighten up laws on alcohol. She played a significant role in raising the profile of equal rights for women and is credited with playing a significant role in the passing of the nineteenth amendment (1920) which gave women the vote.

Short Biography Susan B.

Anthony

“Men their rights and nothing more, women their rights and nothing less.”

– Motto of the ‘Revolution’ Journal 1868–1870

Susan was born 15th February 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts.

Her parents were Quakers and activists in the anti-slavery movement.

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Susan was brought up in a strict Quaker climate, which emphasised concern for others, self-discipline and living a principled life. She later dropped organised religion, describing herself as an agnostic. But she retained