Susan B. Anthony |Susan B. Anthony| |Born||Susan Brownell
Anthony February 15, 1820 |Died||March 13, 1906 Rochester, New
York |Occupation||Suffragist, women's rights advocate| Susan
Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a
prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role
in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's
suffrage into the United States. She was co-founder of the first
Women's Temperance Movement with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as
President. She also co-founded the women's rights journal, The
Revolution. She traveled the United States and Europe, and
averaged 75 to 100 speeches per year. She was one of the
important advocates in leading the way for women's rights to be
acknowledged and instituted in the American government. Her
birthday on February 15, is commemorated as Susan B. Anthony Day
in the U.S. states of Florida and Wisconsin. Early life  Susan
B. Anthony was born to Daniel Anthony (1794–1862) and Lucy Read
(1793–1880) and raised in West Gr