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=__P H A S E 1 : )- Researching Your Person__ = Susan B Anthony was an important figure who stood up for women's civil rights. Born to Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read, she was the second oldest of seven children. Her father was a Quaker and a stern Abolitionist. Her mother attended many conventions on women's rights. Susan had a good education since she was three. Her parents believed a lot in good education and made sure to educate their seven children very well. She learned to read and write at age three, which is a surprising feat for a baby of three years. When Susan grew up, she pursued a career as a teacher. She became the headmistress of Canajoharie Academy and there, she criticized the fact that men got higher wages than women. At that time, men earned roughly four times the women's wages. At age 29, Susan quit teaching. She began to attend conventions regarding the "temperance movement."

Anthony was brought up to be a Quaker, however, she abandoned the religion, saying that it was hypocritical. She had seen Quaker preachers drink alcohol. She joined the Unitarian Church in Rochester.

Susan was very self-conscious of herself. She did not like her appearance, and she did not feel confidant in public speaking. However, she became one of the most prominent and important speakers for women's rights in all of US history.

At first, Susan participated a lot in the anti-slavery movement, as well as the temperance movement. However, one day, Susan read an article by Horace Greeley on the National Women's Rights Convention in Massachusetts. The article was a detailed one on the final speech given by another important figure in women's rights history; Lucy Stone. Lucy Stone's words inspired Susan to devote her life to fighting for women's rights.

Susan was invited to speak at many conventions for women's rights. She met Greeley and Stone together when she went to Seneca Falls in the Summer of 1852. She gave about 75~100 speeches each year for 45 years. Also, she traveled the US and Europe, giving speeches.

Susan never married and did not have any children.

Some questions that came to mind were:

1.) Were there any other factors that caused Susan to change her style of religion? (From Quaker to Unitarian) 2.) A long time ago, men liked women who were quiet and docile. Susan was the exact opposite. She was quick to speak her mind and she never lied or kept quiet about her views. Can this be the reason why she didn't marry? Perhaps no man wanted to marry a noisy women like her? 3.) What was so inspiring about Lucy Stone's speech? 4.) People right now regard Susan B. Anthony as a heroine. She did a lot to help the women rights problem. However, at that time, was she considered a heroine?



=__P H A S E 2 : ) - Your Historical Question__ =

 What is your historical question? "What factors led to Susan B. Anthony changing from anti-slavery to devoting her whole life to fight for women's rights?"

Where do you think you can find this information? I know for a fact that Susan was greatly inspired by Lucy Stone's speeches. Not only did the speeches inspire her, but she was around a person who attended women rights conventions. Yes, her mother. I think i should start by investigating Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony's mother, Lucy Read.

What info/resources would you first use to find the answer to your question? I want to try to track down the speech Lucy Stone made that so greatly inspired Susan B. Anthony. If i can, i want to find documents of Susan B. Anthony's speeches. I would first look in the library for books on Susan B. Anthony. If that search proves to be unsuccessful, i would look in internet databases and the many sites Mr. Hurst has put up on this wikispace.

__P H A S E 3 : ) - Primary Sources__
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__**Documents Bibliography**__

"American Originals: Petition for the right to vote, 1873." __National Archives and Records Administration__. 2 June 2009 .

"Susan B. Anthony Petition." __National Archives and Records Administration__. 2 June 2009 .

"Today's Document from the National Archives." __National Archives and Records Administration__. 2 June 2009 .

__**QUOTES**__

"[T]here never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers." -Susan B. Anthony

"It would be ridiculous to talk of male and female atmospheres, male and female springs or rains, male and female sunshine.... how much more ridiculous is it in relation to mind, to soul, to thought, where there is as undeniably no such thing as sex, to talk of male and female education and of male and female schools." -Susan B. Anthony

"Failure is impossible. " -Susan B. Anthony

"I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation." -Susan B. Anthony

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand."  <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"> -Susan B. Anthony

" <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters. <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">" -Susan B. Anthony

" <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Independence is happiness." -Susan B. Anthony

"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent. <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">" <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"> -Susan B. Anthony


 * __Quotes Bibliography__**

Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Susan B. Anthony Quotes." __Women's History - Comprehensive Women's History Research Guide__. 2 June 2009 <http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_s_b_anthony_2.htm>.

"Susan B. Anthony Quotes." __Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote__. 2 June 2009 <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/susan_b_anthony.html>.

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__BIOGRAPHIES__

"Susan B(rownell) Anthony Biography - Biography.com." __Biography.com__. 27 May 2009 <http://www.biography.com/articles/Susan-B(rownell)-Anthony-9186331>.

"Susan B. Anthony Biography." __Encyclopedia of World Biography__. 27 May 2009 <http://www.notablebiographies.com/An-Ba/Anthony-Susan-B.html>.

"Susan B. Anthony biography." __Lakewood Public Library (Lakewood, Ohio)__. 27 May 2009 <http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/anth-sus.htm>.

"Susan Brownell Anthony." __Western New York Suffragists -Winning the Vote__. 27 May 2009 <http://www.winningthevote.org/SBAnthony.html>.

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