Susan B Anthony Leader
Exploring the Leader in Susan B. Anthony
Victoria March
Executive Leadership
December 20,2015
Exploring the Leader in Susan B. Anthony
There are a lot of women that have changed the face of history. Countless women have contributed to women’s rights in various ways fighting for respect and fair treatment that not long ago was ignored. Susan B. Anthony was a significant force that became a woman that took action and not just by her words, which credits her as an example of as a positive leader. Susan B. Anthony demonstrated change, endured trials and triumphs that tested her as a leader, and credibility has been deemed honorary.
Susan B. Anthony was a woman of change. Susan was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts to Quaker parents that were activist in the anti-slavery movement. (Pettinger, 2013) She was raised to a live a morale life therefore at an early age she given tools to implement change. She was closely involved in the anti -slavery and Temperance movements promoting …show more content…
Anthony has gained much credibility and respect over the years for her efforts in women’s rights. Susan helped establish the path leading to open doors of advancement for women in various ways. Susan stated, “it will come, but I shall not see it…It is inevitable. We can no more deny forever the right of self-government to one-half our people than we could keep the Negro forever in bondage. It will not be wrought by the same disrupting forces that freed the slave, but come it will, and I believe within a generation.” Harper (1908), Vol. 3, p. 1259 Susan’s faith and hard work in what she believed manifested, but not before her death on March 13,1906. It took fourteen years for women’s right to vote to be put in the U.S. Constitution, as the 19th Amendment. In honoring her hard work and determination, “the U.S. Treasury Department put Susan's portrait on dollar coins in 1979, making her the first woman to be so honored” according to Biography.com
Victoria March
Executive Leadership
December 20,2015
Exploring the Leader in Susan B. Anthony
There are a lot of women that have changed the face of history. Countless women have contributed to women’s rights in various ways fighting for respect and fair treatment that not long ago was ignored. Susan B. Anthony was a significant force that became a woman that took action and not just by her words, which credits her as an example of as a positive leader. Susan B. Anthony demonstrated change, endured trials and triumphs that tested her as a leader, and credibility has been deemed honorary.
Susan B. Anthony was a woman of change. Susan was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts to Quaker parents that were activist in the anti-slavery movement. (Pettinger, 2013) She was raised to a live a morale life therefore at an early age she given tools to implement change. She was closely involved in the anti -slavery and Temperance movements promoting …show more content…
Anthony has gained much credibility and respect over the years for her efforts in women’s rights. Susan helped establish the path leading to open doors of advancement for women in various ways. Susan stated, “it will come, but I shall not see it…It is inevitable. We can no more deny forever the right of self-government to one-half our people than we could keep the Negro forever in bondage. It will not be wrought by the same disrupting forces that freed the slave, but come it will, and I believe within a generation.” Harper (1908), Vol. 3, p. 1259 Susan’s faith and hard work in what she believed manifested, but not before her death on March 13,1906. It took fourteen years for women’s right to vote to be put in the U.S. Constitution, as the 19th Amendment. In honoring her hard work and determination, “the U.S. Treasury Department put Susan's portrait on dollar coins in 1979, making her the first woman to be so honored” according to Biography.com