Howard Yin
September 30,2010
Susan B. Anthony: A Brave Woman
Abolitionist, American Civil Rights, and Early Pioneer of Women’s Suffrage and Leader of Women’s rights, was born Susan B. Anthony, on February 15, 1820. She would grow up to become the most important advocate for the benefits of women’s rights and suffrage. Susan B. Anthony was born and raised in West Grove, near Adams, Massachusetts. Her family was a Quaker family. She had seven siblings and she was the second oldest of them all. She had a good education. Soon, after she met several famous reformers such as Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Phillips. After listening to them, they began to persuade her and create a base of the ideas and their strong views of slavery. From that, she formed her views on slavery, women’s rights, and even the avoidance of alcohol. She met and listened at the first Women’s Rights Convention held at Seneca Falls but she didn’t believe so strongly until 1851. She was attending temperance rallies but when she realized she couldn’t speak at their rallies because she was a woman, she knew that women had to win the same rights as men.
When she met with Elizabeth Cady Stanton on her first women’s rights convention in 1852, she continued to campaign for women’s suffrage rights. However, with the outbreak of the Civil War, she focused her views on slavery. Afterwards, she remained in the tight struggle and battle. She campaigned for women’s suffrage until the end of her life. We can say, that this remarkable woman, had more than guts, to stand up for herself against the giants of mankind.
She would grow up to become the most important advocate for the benefits of women’s rights and suffrage (take out "for the benefits of" and it will sound better.)
ReplyDeleteAfter listening to them, they began to persuade her and create a base of the ideas and their strong views of slavery (This isn't very clear. You're trying to sound a little too academic Rephrase it and be natural.)
We can say, that this remarkable woman, had more than guts, to stand up for herself against the giants of mankind. (Who are the giants of mankind? And she's not just standing up for herself. Pretty unclear. It's better to try "We can say, that this remarkable woman, had more than guts, to fight so long for equality against the indifference of many, and the hostility of a few."