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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