Who she was..

Dates: February 15, 1820 -March 13, 1906

Occupation: activist, reformer, teacher, lecturer

Known for: key spokesperson for the 19th century women's suffrage movement

Also known as: Susan Brownell Anthony

Susan B. Anthony was raised in New York as a Quaker. She taught for a few years at a Quaker seminary and from there became a headmistress at a women's division of a school. At 29 years old Anthony became involved in abolitionism and then temperance. A friendship with Amelia Bloomer led to a meeting with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was to become her lifelong partner in political organizing, especially for women's rights and woman suffrage