Show miss anthonys anthony remarkable Remark ablo battle tic against cals and calumny susan brownell anthony casborn was bom 96 years ago in the kalte quaker settlement at south adams mass and anc was as quiet and gentle and obedient a little quaker maiden as any of her playmates la in that tranquil spot her life was uneventful until she took up teaching and went out into the world she was 26 years old when she ehe made her first fight for the right of suffrage it wan for the right to vote at a temperance meeting which was dominated by young mon aun the sous sona of temperance were holding a convention at albany N Y and tile the daughters of temperance were invited to meet with them susan was one of the daugh who accepted the invitation early barly in the proceedings the young women discovered that their position in the convention was purely an honorary one the men did not propose that they should have any voice in the proceedings ce it was against scripture scrip tura and against her natural sphere that should ralso raise her voice in the cou councils nells of men were the arguments of the men in answering the protests of the women and in refusing their petition to be allowed to vote suddenly a tall slender elender quaker girl arose from her seat and followed by six others marched out of the convent ton ion hall ball the loader leader was susan 13 anthony it was her first rebellion against that order of bf things which gave bave men a monopoly of power she immediately set about organizing the new york state temperance society that was the real beginning of what has been her lifes wo work rk in which the central theme hus hoi ever been eai eqi equal ial suffrage buttrago tor for the sexes I 1 |