Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony!

uscitizenpod: Susan B. Anthony Day!

Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. She was a school teacher who became a social reformer. She worked against slavery and fought for women's rights. The 19th Amendment, which guarantees a woman's right to vote, was named in honor of Susan B. Anthony.

Coin image source:
By US Mint (coin); Heritage Auctions (image) - Heritage Auctions Lot 1449, 29 April 2010, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38677785

USCIS 100:77 What did Susan B. Anthony do?

• fought for women's rights
• fought for human rights

USCIS 128:99. Name one leader of the women's rights movement in the 1800s.

• Susan B. Anthony
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Tubman
• Lucretia Mott
• Lucy Stone

More resources

• Archives: Susan B. Anthony and the Struggle for Suffrage lesson
• ESL Library: Susan B. Anthony lesson
• Google Arts & Culture: Susan b. Anthony collection
• Listen and Read Along: Biography - AS - Susan B Anthony - Leader of Women's Rights Movement video
• LOC: Susan B. Anthony Papers website
• NPS: Susan B. Anthony website
• NPS: Women's Rights National Park website
• Senate: Woman Suffrage Centennial Suffrage Timeline
• susanb: Susan B. Anthony Museum and House website 
• VOANews: Pioneers of Women's Voting Rights Highlighted in New Exhibit video
• VOA Learning English: Flashback: The Fight for Women's Right to Vote multi-media
• Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906:  She Led the Fight to Gain Equal Rights for Women, Including the Right to Vote radio transcript
• VOA Learning English: Susan B. Anthony, 1820 - 1906 quiz
• uscitizenpod: American Women who Fought for the Right to Vote mp3 / pdf 
• uscitizenpod: Four American Women in Honor of Women’s History Month pdf
• VOA Learning English: Thousands Visit Anthony Gravesite on Election Day article
• Voices of Democracy: Susan B. Anthony, “Is It a Crime for a U.S. Citizen to Vote” (3 April 1873) text and lesson plan

updated 2021-02-04