Susan B. Anthony And The Abolitionist Movement

Words: 210
Pages: 1

Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts on February 15, 1820. She was raised in a Quaker family that had been long rooted in politics. Her family had been a part of the abolitionist movement and prohibition. Out of eight children, she was the second oldest. In 1826, her family moved to Battenville, New York, where she was then sent to a Quaker school near Philadelphia. Later in life, Susan B. Anthony returned home to work as a teacher. In the 1840’s, her family moved to a farm in Rochester, New York and her family used the farm as a meeting place for abolitionist meetings. She became involved in the abolitionist movement and attended an anti-slavery conference where she met her future friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Together they would