Molly Miller, Anita Sayyed, & Sara Worel Susan B. Anthony
Molly Miller, Anita Sayyed, & Sara Worel
Susan B. Anthony
The “Cult of Womanhood”
Pre-Civil war - SlaveryBy law men had
ownership over women
Life for Women pre-movement
Things women could not do:Attend collegeOwn/ inherit propertyPulpitSign contractsDivorceSit on jury/ testify for themselvesVote
Life for Women pre-movement
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, MA
Father was a Quaker, Mother was a BaptistFather was a reformist
TemperanceAbolitionist
Father hosted weekly gatherings of activist known as “Congregational Friends”
She became a teacher to help her family financially
Early Life
Temperance advocateBenefit women
AbolitionistFreedom & Equality for
all Women’s Rights advocateAntony’s strengths:
lecturing, and organizing rallies & petitions
Anthony is a Reformist
July 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY
1851 Anthony met Elizabeth Cady StantonPivotal relationship to the movementAntony was the drive, Stanton was the brainsAntony toured the country lecturing
1860 Married Women’s Property Act- NY stateProperty, wages, contracts, children
Civil War- halt in the movementWomen’s Loyal League To abolish slavery- petition of 400,000 signatures
Women’s Rights Movement
1866 American Equal Rights AssociationSupport the rights of all human
beings14th Amendment- Citizenship15th Amendment- Vote for
African American MalesNational Women’s Suffrage
AssociationRivalry with the American
Women's Suffrage Association
The Vote
November 5th 1872- Anthony voted & arrested
1/10/1878- Amendment introduced to CongressWritten & proposed by Anthony & StantonWomen’s voteTook 41 years to ratify
Vote was important to further change
The Vote
Attended the 1906 convention at 86 years oldShe caught a cold
Passed away on March 12, 1906Fought for 60 years and
never saw women vote19th Amendment
granted women the voteAugust 1920
Later Life
Daft defines leadership: “An influence relationship among leaders and
followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes.”(Ch. 1, Pg. 5)
Susan B. Anthony is a Leader
Transformational LeaderAuthentic Leader:
Self-aware and genuine Mission driven and focused on resultsLead with their heart Focus on the long term
Effective Leader
Type of Leader
ExtroversionOutgoing, sociable, talkative, and comfortable meeting new
peopleAgreeableness
Compassionate, understanding, trusting, good-natured, and cooperative
ConscientiousnessResponsible, dependable, persistent, and achievement
oriented Emotional Stability
Well-adjusted, calm, and secureOpenness to Experience
Broad range of interests, imaginative, creative, and open to new ideas
Model of Personality
Susan used referent power Followers of Susan were committed
“Change carries risk or uncertainty, and follower commitment helps to overcome fear and resistance associated with change efforts,” (Daft, pg. 374)
Self-directed teamEffective followers
Susan B. Anthony Had a Team
Managing upBe a resource for the leaderHelp the leader be a good leaderBuild a relationshipView the leader realistically
Followership
Life story shaped her personalityQuaker backgroundActivist father and siblingsEarly activismWomen’s State Temperance Society
Insights and Lessons Learned
Active abolitionist since age 16Male abolitionist willing to sacrifice women’s
voting rightsFormed National Women’s suffrage
Association (NWSA)
Lessons Learned from Experiences
Only voting rights would allow women to have real impact on policy and society
NWSA and AWSAGot Arrested and refused to pay fine
Susan. B. Anthony’s Vision
Strike breaker in 1869Funding from George Francis TrainSome of her writing may be considered racist
Some Questionable Actions
The 19th amendment passed in 1920, 15 years after her death
Her leadership inspired her followers to further continue her cause.
“The cause of right for which we labor for never dies, works in long periods, can afford many checks, gains by our defeats and will know how to compensate out extremest sacrifice”
(From the Reminiscences of Famous women By Harriet A Townsend, published in 1916)
Perseverance
“Let us open to the colored man all our schools...let us admit him into all our mechanic shops, stores, offices, and lucrative business avocations….let him rent such pew in the church, occupy such seat in the theatre….extend to him all the rights of Citizenship”
(Manuscript of speech in the Susan B. Anthony Papers collection at the Library of Congress.
Quoted in McPherson (1964), p. 225)
Vision far ahead of her time
“I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man’s housekeeper. When I was young, if a girl married poor, she became a housekeeper and a drudge. If she married wealth she became a pet and a doll. Just think, had I married at twenty, I would have been a drudge or a doll for fifty-nine years. Think of it”
(New York World, February 2, 1896, quoted in Harper Vol. 2 pp. 858-860)
View on Marriage
Lifelong partners in the women’s suffrage movement and a unique team
Stanton was married and had seven childrenAnthony assisted Stanton in every way
possibleStanton’s husband was quoted to say“Susan stirred the puddings, Elizabeth stirred
up Susan, Susan stirs up the world” (Stanton (1898) p. 165)
Coauthored “History of Women’s Suffrage”
Friendship with Elizabeth Stanton
Woman of many dimensions and supported all causes that elevated the human condition
Dedicated all her life for her cause Tolerant of those who disagreed with herRespected individualsHad the faith that the right must win
Susan B Anthony the person
Questions or Comments?
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Dir. Ken Burns. PBS, 1999.
"Susan B. Anthony." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web.
Johnson Lewis, Jone. "Susan B. Anthony, Key Women's Suffrage Spokesperson."About.com Women's History. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 June 2014.
Daft, Richard L. The Leadership Experience. Australia: Cengage Learning, 2014. Print.
Kruse, Kevin. "What Is Authentic Leadership?" Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 12 May 2013. Web.
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