All this work wasn't easy. It took industrious women to make females have the right to vote. Here are some facts about very important women who brought everything together.
Susan B. Anthony
Born: February 15, 1820
Died: March 13, 1906 (age 86)
Died: March 13, 1906 (age 86)
Quote: " No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent."
Susan Brownwell Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts. She was an American civil rights leader. Susan co-founded the first Women's Temperance Movement and the women's rights journal, The Revolution. The Revolution was published weekly between January 8, 1868 and February 17, 1872. She played a pivotal role in women's suffrage. Stanton traveled the United States and Europe. Also, Susan had a average at about 75 to 100 speeches per year.
Elizabeth C. Stanton
Born: November 12, 1815
Died: October 26, 1902 (age 86)
Died: October 26, 1902 (age 86)
Quote: " The best protection any woman can have... is courage."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American activist and a leading figure of the early Women's Rights Movement. At the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls her Declaration of Sentiments was presented. Elizabeth had two books. Their titles were The Woman's Bible and Eighty Years and More.
Lucretia Mott
Born: January 3, 1793
Died: November 11, 1880 (age 88)
Died: November 11, 1880 (age 88)
Quote: " We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth."
Lucretia Coffin Mott was an American Quaker, social reformer, a women's rights activist, and an abolitionist. She was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Lucretia helped Elizabeth Stanton organize the women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Born: August 31, 1842
Died: March 13, 1924 (age 81)
Died: March 13, 1924 (age 81)
Quote: " We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends."
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She took part and supported the women's suffrage. In the year 1896 she joined with two women, Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe. Together they formed the American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA). Ruffin created the National Federation of Afro- American Women. Soon later she organized the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs.
