Early social activism
Susan B. Anthony at age 36In the era before the American Civil War, Anthony took a prominent role in the New York anti-slavery and temperance movements. In 1836, at age 16, Susan collected two boxes of petitions opposing slavery, in response to the gag ruleprohibiting such petitions in the House of Representatives. In 1849, at age 29, she became secretary for the Daughters of Temperance, which gave her a forum to speak out against alcohol abuse, and served as the beginning of Anthonys movement towards the public limelight.
In late 1850, Anthony read a detailed account in the New York Tribune of the first National Womens Rights Convention inWorcester, Massachusetts. In the article, Horace Greeley wrote an especially admiring description of the final speech, one given by Lucy Stone. Stones words catalyzed Anthony to devote her life to womens rights. In the summer of 1852, Anthony met both Greeley and Stone in Seneca Falls.
In 1851, on a street in Seneca Falls, Anthony was introduced to Elizabeth Cady Stanton by a mutual acquaintance, as well as fellow feminist Amelia Bloomer. Anthony joined with Stanton in organizing the first womens state temperance society in America after being refused admission to a previous convention on account of her sex, in 1851. Stanton remained a close friend and colleague of Anthonys for the remainder of their lives, but Stanton longed for a broader, more radical womens rights platform. Together, the two women traversed the United States giving speeches and attempting to persuade the government that society should treat men and women equally.
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