Simply put, Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights advocate. She saw issues in the world that made things unfair to women and she decided to stand up and fight for a change. This is a common thing we see throughout history where people do not agree with what is happening so they stand up and fight to change it. Anthony knew that she could not just sit at home and complain about the issues because then nothing would change. Susan B. Anthony grew up with a thirst for knowledge. She attended public school up until her teacher decided that women did not need to learn long division. This thought that women did not need to be …show more content…
She often kept in touch with close friends by letter writing rather than human interaction. Seven of her works were published during her lifetime, and most of them were published without her consent. She felt very personally connected to her poetry and rarely let anyone see it. When she was on her deathbed, she asked her sister to burn her journals and letters. This showed that she was extremely reclusive and an extreme introvert. Emily never got married, or had a relationship for that matter, even though she is most well known for her love poems. Her choice to not get married gave her freedom and once again even though her choices can be seen as oppressive, they did the exact opposite by giving her a chance to live her life exactly as she