Timeline
1820 - Susan Brownell Anthony born on February 15 in Adams,
Massachsetts, the second of 7 children.
1826 - The Anthony family moves to Battenville, N.Y.
1838 - Daniel Anthony takes daughters Susan and Guelma out
of school. The 1837 depression causes him to declare bankruptcy and the family
loses the Battenville house.
1845 - The Anthony family moves to Rochester, N.Y., on the
Erie Canal. Their farm on what is now Brooks Avenue becomes a meeting-place for
anti-slavery activists, including Frederick Douglass.
1846 - Susan B. Anthony begins teaching at Canajoharie
Academy for a yearly salary of $110.
1851 - Susan B. Anthony travels to Syracuse, N.Y.,
anti-slavery convention. She visits Amelia Bloomer, hears William Lloyd
Garrison and George Thompson, and meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
1852 - Anthony attends state convention of Sons of
Temperance and is told to "listen and learn," which goes against her Quaker
upbringing. She attends her first women's rights convention.
1854 - Anthony circulates petitions for married women's
property rights and woman suffrage. She is refused permission to speak at the
Capitol and Smithsonian in Washington. She begins her New York State campaign
for woman suffrage in Mayville, Chatauqua County, speaking and traveling
alone.
1856 - Anthony becomes agent for the American Anti-Slavery
Society.
1857 - At a New York State Teachers' Convention in
Binghamton Anthony calls for education for women and Blacks.
1861 - Anthony conducts anti-slavery campaign from Buffalo
to Albany-"No Union with Slaveholders. No Compromise."
1863 - Anthony and Stanton write the "Appeal to the Women
of the Republic."
1868 - Anthony begins publication of The Revolution and
forms Working Women's Associations for women in the publishing and garment
trades.
1869 - Anthony calls the first Woman Suffrage Convention in
Washington D.C.
1872 - Anthony is arrested for voting in the front parlor
of 7 Madison Street (now 17 Madison) on November 18 and is indicted in Albany.
She continues to lecture and attend conventions.
1873 - Anthony is tried and fined $100 with costs after the
judge ordered the jury to find her guilty. Anthony refuses to pay but is not
imprisoned so cannot appeal the verdict.
1881 - Anthony, Stanton, and Matilda Joslin Gage publish
Volume I of the History of Woman Suffrage, followed by Volumes II, III and IV
in 1882, 1885 and 1902.
1897 - Anthony raises the roof on her Rochester home to
create a work-room where she and Ida Husted Harper begin work on her
biography.
1898 - The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of
the Evolution of the Status of Women is published. Anthony establishes a press
bureau to feed articles on woman suffrage to the national and local press.
1900 - Anthony pledges the cash value of her life insurance
to meet the University of Rochester's financial demands for the admission of
women.
1902 - Anthony delivers the keynote address to the New York
State Nurses Convention, advocating for the standardization of training and
state registration of nurses. The Nurses Practice Act is passed in 1903.
1905 - Anthony meets with President Theodore Roosevelt in
Washington, D.C., about submitting a suffrage amendment to Congress.
1906 - Anthony attends suffrage hearings in Washington,
D.C., She gives her "Failure is Impossible" speech at her 86th birthday
celebration. Anthony dies at her Madison Street home on March 13.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also
known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, grants the right to vote to all U.S.
women over 21.
Massachsetts, the second of 7 children.
1826 - The Anthony family moves to Battenville, N.Y.
1838 - Daniel Anthony takes daughters Susan and Guelma out
of school. The 1837 depression causes him to declare bankruptcy and the family
loses the Battenville house.
1845 - The Anthony family moves to Rochester, N.Y., on the
Erie Canal. Their farm on what is now Brooks Avenue becomes a meeting-place for
anti-slavery activists, including Frederick Douglass.
1846 - Susan B. Anthony begins teaching at Canajoharie
Academy for a yearly salary of $110.
1851 - Susan B. Anthony travels to Syracuse, N.Y.,
anti-slavery convention. She visits Amelia Bloomer, hears William Lloyd
Garrison and George Thompson, and meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
1852 - Anthony attends state convention of Sons of
Temperance and is told to "listen and learn," which goes against her Quaker
upbringing. She attends her first women's rights convention.
1854 - Anthony circulates petitions for married women's
property rights and woman suffrage. She is refused permission to speak at the
Capitol and Smithsonian in Washington. She begins her New York State campaign
for woman suffrage in Mayville, Chatauqua County, speaking and traveling
alone.
1856 - Anthony becomes agent for the American Anti-Slavery
Society.
1857 - At a New York State Teachers' Convention in
Binghamton Anthony calls for education for women and Blacks.
1861 - Anthony conducts anti-slavery campaign from Buffalo
to Albany-"No Union with Slaveholders. No Compromise."
1863 - Anthony and Stanton write the "Appeal to the Women
of the Republic."
1868 - Anthony begins publication of The Revolution and
forms Working Women's Associations for women in the publishing and garment
trades.
1869 - Anthony calls the first Woman Suffrage Convention in
Washington D.C.
1872 - Anthony is arrested for voting in the front parlor
of 7 Madison Street (now 17 Madison) on November 18 and is indicted in Albany.
She continues to lecture and attend conventions.
1873 - Anthony is tried and fined $100 with costs after the
judge ordered the jury to find her guilty. Anthony refuses to pay but is not
imprisoned so cannot appeal the verdict.
1881 - Anthony, Stanton, and Matilda Joslin Gage publish
Volume I of the History of Woman Suffrage, followed by Volumes II, III and IV
in 1882, 1885 and 1902.
1897 - Anthony raises the roof on her Rochester home to
create a work-room where she and Ida Husted Harper begin work on her
biography.
1898 - The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of
the Evolution of the Status of Women is published. Anthony establishes a press
bureau to feed articles on woman suffrage to the national and local press.
1900 - Anthony pledges the cash value of her life insurance
to meet the University of Rochester's financial demands for the admission of
women.
1902 - Anthony delivers the keynote address to the New York
State Nurses Convention, advocating for the standardization of training and
state registration of nurses. The Nurses Practice Act is passed in 1903.
1905 - Anthony meets with President Theodore Roosevelt in
Washington, D.C., about submitting a suffrage amendment to Congress.
1906 - Anthony attends suffrage hearings in Washington,
D.C., She gives her "Failure is Impossible" speech at her 86th birthday
celebration. Anthony dies at her Madison Street home on March 13.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also
known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, grants the right to vote to all U.S.
women over 21.