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“S” is for Segregation. Segregation, the residential, political, and social isolation of African Americans, by law and custom was accomplished in South Carolina in the last quarter of the 19th century...
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The official Dispensary liquor label. One of the most controversial political issues in a period when political controversy dominated state politics, was the State Dispensary, a plan under which all...
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The Constitution of 1868. Dominated by radical Republicans, the U.S. Congress closed down the South's state governments in 1867 and ordered each state to call a constitutional convention. The Union...
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Susan and Elizabeth formed the National Woman Suffrage Association, open to women only. Their goal was to add an amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote. They published newspapers and...
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Susan was inspired by Elizabeth's work, particularly in suffrage, and became dedicated to gaining equal rights for women. Equal rights meant the right to vote, equal pay, and equal treatment for women...
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After teaching for over 10 years, Susan began to work for social change. She joined the temperance movement to abolish alcohol and drunkenness. Although women were allowed to work for the movement...
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Susan B. Anthony's family owned a cotton mill and believed that hard work and education were very important to Susan's upbringing. Outside Susan's close Quaker community, many of these beliefs were...
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Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 to a Quaker family in New England. Quakers practiced equality between men and women and did not believe in violence or slavery. Although Susan B. Anthony was not...
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By the 1890s, four states had given women the right to vote and many states would follow. The women's rights movement was beginning to have an impact. The 20th century saw more progress towards women...
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton introduced Susan B. Anthony to the Women's Rights Movement in 1851. Susan and Elizabeth gathered thousands of signatures on petitions for suffrage. Together, they published a...