Essays on Susan B. Anthony

The cause of women’s suffrage changed the course of American history, it is the reason that women are allowed to vote in the United States today. The right to vote was not easily won for women. In fact, many women who had campaigned for blacks to receive the vote in the United States were left along the wayside when Congress voted to allow black men to vote but still forbade women the right to suffrage. The suffrage movement was a decade’s long battle and a tenacious often unpopular political movement that permanently altered the social and political ...

Susan B. Anthony was an American woman who fought for women rights, in particular for the right of suffrage. In 1872 Anthony voted illegally at the presidential election, however, four days later, she was arrested, indicted and brought to court. Before elections, Anthony managed to persuade an Inspector to register her sisters and her as voters according to Fourteenth Amendment. The Amendment stated that all U.S. citizens were authorised to the “privileges” and Anthony reckoned that one of such privileges was definitely the right to vote. Therefore, it was her hope to achieve the rights of suffrage. In the ...

THE FAMOUS 1873 SPEECH BY SUSAN B. ANTHONY

In the 19th century, the women in the USA had no legal right of voting. However, Susan B Anthony casted her vote in the presidential election. She was then arrested, tried and fined $100 which she refused to pay. She gave this speech after her arrest. The speech is seen as one of the greatest speeches as the choice and proper use of language styles is openly depicted. Anthony starts by identifying her audience. She says, “Friends and fellow citizens”. This gives the reader of the speech easy time to identify whom the speech is directed to. ...

Women's Suffrage

Introduction Voting right for women seems a very logical action now but it was not the same 200 years back. In fact, there were no voting rights granted to women anywhere in the world till the 19th century when men were only allowed to vote in all democracies. United States was notan exception either. As per the documented history, Lydia Taft of Massachusetts was the first woman to be allowed to vote in town meetings during 1750s (Bridgman and Mills 1994). New Jersey had a law that restricted a person from voting on the basis ofa minimum level of wealth. Sexual ...