Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.
-Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was born into a Quaker family along with many activist traditions. Anthony was co-founder of the first Women's Temperance Movement along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Both Anthony and Stanton soon played pivotal roles in the women’s suffrage movement.
In 1869, Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded an organization dedicated to creating women’s suffrage. This organization was called the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Anthony was insistent that Stanton should serve as the president of this organization as long as possible. Anthony served as the vice president of the NWSA until taking over as president in 1892.
Susan B. Anthony died fourteen years before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed and gave women the right to vote. After her death, Anthony was honored as the first American woman on circulating U.S. coinage with the production of the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
