EARLY LIFE & THOUGHTS
A group of Quakers discussing,
1824
Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 to Lucy Read and Daniel Anthony in West Grove, Adams, Massachusetts. Her life started off in the right direction from the minute she laid her eyes on the world. She was born into the Quaker Religion, which believed that men and women should have equal rights. Many people in this era concluded that it was not acceptable, but there was definitely a large chunk of people who did. Anthony learned to read and write at the age of three, and was home-schooled for one year at the age of five. The next year Anthony and her family moved to Battenville, New York. That was the year her parents decided to send her to a local public school. She quite liked school up until her teacher firmly refused to explain and teach long division because of her gender. That was a moment she would never forget. Anthony begun to pay close attention to her sister who was a women's right activist, and became extremely close to her. So close that her sister persuaded her to get a job at the Canajoharie Academy as the female headmistress. This job inspired her to fight to raise the women's salaries. At this academy the men got paid roughly four times as much as women.