Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)
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Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life fighting for women's privileges. The Women’s State Temperance Society and National Woman’s Suffrage Association were created by her. She even co-founded a newspaper that reported on women’s rights. In 1878 the 19th amendment, written by Anthony, gave women the right to vote. She showed the world the importance of women and fought to get women the same rights as men.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
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After 1851, Stanton worked together with Susan B. Anthony and worked as the writer. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was among those who were determined to focus on woman suffrage when only voting rights of freed males were addressed in Reconstruction. Together, they founded the National Woman Suffrage Association and Stanton served as president.
Lucretia Mott (1793-1880)
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Lucretia was a Quaker that dedicated her life for human equality. She learned of the horrors of slavery from her readings and from lecturers. She also saw that women and men were not treated equally. She served as a delegate in the World Anti-Slavery Convention organization in London where she met Stanton. On July 19 and 20, 1848, Mott and other suffragist organized the First Woman's Rights Convention. All her life she was an active supported of women’s rights movements.
Lucy Stone (1818-1893)
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Lucy Stone was an orator whose influential words drew large crowds and won many perspectives to the cause of women's rights. In 1850 she helped organize a women's rights convention where she gave speeches on women's rights. Lucy Stone took the lead in organizing the American Woman Suffrage Association. Lucy Stone spent her lifetime battling for women's rights and inspiring others to join her cause.
Henry Brown Blackwell (1825-1909)
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Husband of Lucy Stone, Blackwell also dedicated his life to the equality of women's rights. An early advocate of woman suffrage and abolition, Henry Blackwell joined Lucy Stone in devoting their lives to these causes. Two years later he dedicated most of his time and money to help his wife in organize the American Woman Suffrage Association. Stone founded The Woman’s Journal in Boston, Massachusetts. When funding was scarce, he edited the paper without salary until his death.