Susan b anthony for kids online interactive

Susan B. Anthony was a teacher, a speaker and an American civil rights leader who fought for rights for African Americans and women. She spoke out against slavery and fought for suffrage, or the right to vote for African Americans and women. Susan cast her vote in the presidential election and was arrested for doing so. Women were finally given the right to vote in with the 19^th amendment. Although Susan B. Anthony had passed away in , it is sometimes called the Susan B. Anthony amendment in honor of her arduous work and steadfast beliefs regarding suffrage.

What examples can we draw from Susan B. Anthony? In this lesson, students will learn about Susan B. Anthony and her fight for what she believed in. Students will identify Susan B. Anthony’s actions that make her an agent for change.

Three minute class periods

Students will…

• read and understand a historical biography about Susan B. Anthony.
• make connec
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Resources for Middle School Teachers

Search Terms
19th Amendment
Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
Women’s Rights Movement
Women’s Suffrage

Cross-Reference
15th Amendment
Abolition
Feminists
National Women’s Suffrage Association
‘The Revolution’ Newspaper
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Temperance Movement

Shelf Browse
– suffrage movement
– political process
– U.S. Supreme Court decisions
– U.S. History
– biographies
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Books
Ashby, Ruth, and Deborah G. Ohrn. Herstory : women who changed the world. New York: Viking, Print.
Connell, Kate. They shall be heard: Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, Print.
Cooper, Ilene. Susan B. Anthony. New York: F. Watts, Print.
Dolin, Arnold 1. Great American heroines. New York, Hart Pub. Co., Print.
Engel, Helen and Marilyn Smiley ed. Remarkable Women in New York State History. South Carolina: The History Press, Print.
Gurko, Miriam. The ladies of Seneca

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For many years, the Anthony Museum has been strategizing how to address three challenges that limit our effectiveness:

• Proper environment and storage for our permanent collection
• Facilities that can accommodate our growing audience
• Space in which to tell the broader story of Susan B. Anthony’s work and impact

In , we came to the conclusion that adding a building to our Anthony Museum campus would be the most effective way to address all three challenges. Studies determined that a 15, square foot building would meet our needs, allow for future growth, and be sustainable for the organization. New construction would be necessary (and most cost effective) to assure a facility engineered to museum standards for accessibility, security, safety, and environmental controls. 

Our next step was to find a suitable site for the new building that would: 1. Be within walking distance of the current Anthony Museum historic properties, 2. Accommodate increased traffic flow bygd ca