Who was the leader of the women's rights movement?

Table of Contents:

1. Who was the leader of the women's rights movement?
2. What led to women's suffrage?
3. Where did Susan B Anthony live?
4. How did Susan B Anthony change the world?
5. What was Susan B Anthony's job?
6. What school did Susan B Anthony teach at?
7. When did Susan B Anthony move to New York?
8. What did Susan B Anthony wear?
9. What color did the suffragettes wear?
10. What clothes did the suffragettes wear?
11. What color is Susan B Anthony?

Who was the leader of the women's rights movement?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What led to women's suffrage?

During the 1850s, the women's rights movement gathered steam, but lost momentum when the Civil War began. ... In 1869, a new group called the National Woman Suffrage Association was founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. They began to fight for a universal-suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Where did Susan B Anthony live?

Rochester

How did Susan B Anthony change the world?

Anthony was a pioneer crusader for women's suffrage in the United States. She was president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.

What was Susan B Anthony's job?

Women's rights activist

What school did Susan B Anthony teach at?

Canajoharie Academy

When did Susan B Anthony move to New York?

1826

What did Susan B Anthony wear?

Woman's rights activist Susan B. Anthony wore this red shawl when advocating for woman's rights at suffrage conventions, speaking engagements or congressional sessions. Red shawls became one of her trademarks and a way to make her instantly recognizable to reporters and the public.

What color did the suffragettes wear?

Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, a suffragette and key member of the Women's Social and Political Union, which The Telegraph notes was the leading force behind the suffrage movement, is recognized as instituting three official colors in 1908: purple, white, and golden yellow.

What clothes did the suffragettes wear?

Purple stood for loyalty and dignity, white for purity and green for hope. During parades and demonstrations Suffragettes were instructed to wear white with purple and green additions in trimmings and accessories.

What color is Susan B Anthony?

The grande dame of female suffrage was at least 80 years old when this picture was taken around the year 1900, and she had abandoned experimenting with her clothes decades ago. Since the 1850s the black dress had been her uniform, and equality for women her cause.