Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820. Although we remember her primarily for her work promoting women’s rights, she was also an abolitionist (arguing for civil rights around the time of the Civil War). Susan B. Anthony Day celebrates her birthday and the women’s suffrage movement.
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- The B. stands for Brownwell
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- Shown with fellow women’s rights activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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- She died in 1906, 16 years before the 19th amendment was passed and women received the vote.
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- In 1979 she became the first woman to be featured on a U.S. coin.
