3rd Grade
Susan B. Anthony
Issue 3.5
Our class recently completed a study of Frederick Douglass, a man who dedicated his life to
achieving equal rights for black Americans. Douglass met with and had great respect for the
next individual we will study, Susan B. Anthony.
Though Susan B. Anthony grew up during a time when most girls did not receive a formal
education, Anthony’s family believed in the value of education for all children. However, even as an
educated woman, Anthony was often prevented from speaking in public about causes she supported such as
the abolition of slavery, educational reform, and labor reform. She felt very strongly that women deserved
the same rights as men and began working closely with the women’s rights movement. At the age of 49,
Anthony founded the National Women’s Suffrage Association with fellow suffragette and friend Elizabeth
Cady Stanton. The goal of the organization was to help women gain the right to vote and Anthony worked to
achieve this goal for the rest of her life, even getting arrested for illegally voting in the 1872 election. She
appeared before every Congress between 1869 and 1906 to speak in support of the women’s suffrage
amendment. Unfortunately, Anthony died fourteen years before women were given the right to
vote. Finally, in 1920, the 19th Amendment, also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment,
was ratified and women helped to elect President Warren G. Harding.
discuss the role of Susan B. Anthony in expanding women’s rights and helping women gain the right to
vote.
explain the social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that Susan B. Anthony had to overcome and how
she overcame them.
identify New York and Washington, DC on a map of the United States.
describe how Susan B. Anthony was influenced by her physical and cultural environment.
explain how Susan B. Anthony spread her ideas.
describe how Susan B. Anthony displayed the character traits of cooperation, diligence, liberty, justice,
and freedom of conscience and expression.
1) Why did Susan B. Anthony travel across the
country giving speeches?
A. She was running for President.
B. She wanted to talk about serving on a jury.
C. She wanted to convince people to support
women’s rights.
D. She was in the military.
2) Susan B. Anthony worked for
A. freedom of religion
B. women’s right to vote
C. the right to free speech
D. the freedom to own property
Check your
answers on the
back!
Suffrage – the right to vote
Suffragist – a person who fought for the right to vote
Convention – a formal meeting where people discuss a subject of interest
Independent – being free to make your own decisions
Rights – freedoms that are protected by a country’s laws
Reform – to change something for the better
Amendment - an official change to the Constitution
Diligence – working hard for a long time
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/diamante/
In this poem, you will need to use many
words to describe her. Think carefully
about the words you will choose. You
may want to use a thesaurus.
Susan B. Anthony spent her life making
sure that women had equal rights in the
United States. Kids have rights, too.
Take a look at this PBS website
http://pbskids.org/stantonanthony/bill_of_rights.html
to see ideas other kids had about what
belongs in a “Kids Bill of Rights.” What
would you add to this list?
Learn more about Susan B. Anthony by
reading biographies about her. The Cobb
County Public Libraries have these
books and many more:
Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for
Freedom and Equality
by Suzanne Slade
Susan B. Anthony: A Photoillustrated Biography
by Lucile Davis
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Susan B. Anthony worked on behalf of
many important causes during her lifetime.
Can you find these words in the word search
above? Talk to your parents about the
meaning of each word when you find it.
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EQUALITY
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WOMEN
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RIGHTS
Test Prep Answers: 1. C
Create a diamante poem about Susan B.
Anthony using the website
2. B
Justice – equal treatment under the law