Who Was Susan B. Anthony? by Pam Pollack

Who Was Susan B. Anthony? Reviews

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  Janete on hiatus due health issues

  book + audiobook. I loved this book. Susan B. Anthony had an impressive life because she was anti-slavery and she fought for the women's rights, mainly for the right to vote. Susan managed The Revolution newspaper and its motto was: "Men, their rights, and nothing more; women their rights, and nothing less."
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  Rebecca

  A wonderful view of a life well lived.
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  Montzalee Wittmann

  Wonderfully done!
  
  She was a persistent rebel for the good of mankind. This is a perfect example of how one person can make a movement happen. She met so many famous people and I am sure she never expected to be one of those famous persons herself. What a wonderful role model.
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  Natalie

  Susan B. Anthony was rad. I don't think women should ever forget what all our feminist forbearers were up against. There is still a lot to fight for, but we've come along way and Susan B. Anthony is a great place to start.
  
  Basically, Susan spent her whole life fighting for women's rights. When she was in school she got made because her teacher wouldn't teach the girls long division, so she went home and told her family about it and figured out how to do it on her own.
  
  She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are true feminist heroes. They never gave up fighting. They learned the hard way that if they let up for even one second things went back to how they had been. They won a huge victory when women were allowed to own property, I think, in New York. (I don't have the book by me and my memory is less than perfect. :D)
  
  I really loved reading this book and I love that this series makes all these amazing men and women accessible to children.
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  David

  Susan B. Anthony was an American woman who became an international icon for women's rights starting early in her career as a teacher who refused to work for less pay than her male colleagues. Who Was Susan B. Anthony by Pam Pollack tells the life history of one of the foremost champions for women's right to vote while supporting many other women's rights causes along the way. The author presents a fact-filled overview of the life of this larger-than-life American and her lifelong quest for equal rights. She traveled the US and the world giving speeches and writing articles to shine a spotlight on what needed to happen to bring equality to everyone. With the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920, her life's goal was finally realized; unfortunately, she died in 1906 and never lived to see it. This is a quick read that will provide the important facts about the life of Susan B. Anthony and her goals for gaining equal rights.
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  Felipe Alfaro

  I always love these books! This is probably the twentieth one I've read. I've lost count!
  
  Before reading, I only knew that Susan B. Anthony was a suffragette and one of the first feminists, so I learned a lot of things:
  
  She was a Quaker and an abolitionist.
  Girls were not allowed to learn long division.
  She was friends with another prominent women's rights activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who to my delight I later discovered had secular humanist views.
  Another friend was Amelia Bloomer whose name and fashion inspired the skirt's name.
  She was active in the temperance movement to ban alcohol.
  She was active before and after the Civil War.
  She met and received support from Frederick Douglass.
  Horace Greeley was a chief opponent of hers.
  She met presidents McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt.
  
  Thanks to this book, I'll have a better understanding of her when I see her name pop up in other reading and political discussions.
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  shannon

  Read this for Mighty Girl Book Club. The girls are 8-9 years old.
  
  This book gave good details about Susan B Anthony's life and work. The book focuses on her social and political activism, as well as her strong relationships with her family and friends.
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  Julie

  Previewed this from the library before buying it for my niece. Well-written, good info, and inspiring.
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  Jenn

  I like the simplicity of these books. My nine year old read most of this book to me. It was interesting for both of us to read.
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  Giovanna Forsyth

  Totally wish Susan B. Anthony got to see the 19th amendment happen. Another book read to me by my 9 year old son. Teaching him about all the great women. One at a time.
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  Dominique

  She fought even harder than I thought she did. Also there were some facts I did not know about her. She even worked as a assistant kindergarten teacher part of her awful life.
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  Amanda

  This biography describes Susan B. Anthony's tireless fight for human rights, her participation in many organizations in support of abolition and women's suffrage. It introduces other important women who served in various parts of the women's movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It seems that Susan B. Anthony would not be known as she is today without Elizabeth, and vice versa.
  It's well illustrated; these are the kind of illustrations that set the bar for me when I read others books in this series.
  It answers the question, Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
  Unfortunately, I found it a little dull. But still important!
  Summed up, Susan B. Anthony spent her life fighting for women's legal rights as citizens, most of all - the right to vote. Sadly, she didn't get to see women get that right. She died before her life's work came to fruition. It leaves me with the sense that I owe it to her legacy to exercise my right to vote.
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  David Rough

  Susan B. Anthony's biography is a study in determination and tenacity. Being on this side of the 1920s, it is hard to believe that women in America had very little rights. Civil rights made faster headways than women's rights. In the context of the emancipation, women were decades behind the slaves in gaining their freedom. The glass ceiling that exists in many organizations seems to be made of the same spirit of the entire American society in the in the late 1800s and early 20th century. I learned a great deal from this biography for young readers.
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  Sara Beth Van Cleave

  I really enjoy the Who HQ series. It gives you a little information about the person's life and what they are known for. I had heard of Susan B Anthony only from her coin but honestly had no idea anything about her. I found out that she was a big activist for women's right to vote and an abolitionist. The book was overall good, but I was sad that women didn't get the right to vote under 14 years after her death and that the book didn't mention her coin.
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  Dan

  Failure is impossible. Those were the last words Susan B. Anthony uttered in public. They sum up her life's goal for women's suffrage. She worked all her life for a cause that would not be resolved until 1920 but she spoke out whenever she could on equality.
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  Ruth

  Podling 5 and I read this aloud together over the past few weeks. It's a solid kid-level biography.
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  North Landesman

  Well done. Interesting person.
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  Pumkin pie

  I loved it.
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  Katie

  Good little book. Not being a history buff, I didn't know that much about Susan B. Anthony...other than a coin was named after her. Enjoyed this.
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  Karen Holt

  good summary of her achievements and life
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  KwerkyKittyLady

  For anyone who says they want to be a change maker, read this book! Susan's struggle embodies everything it means to change a society that is obsessed with maintaining status quo.
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  Janet

  A very strong woman, She was amazing.
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  Erin Krajenke

  I know these are children's books but I love them. It is nice learning a little bit more about the history of an individual or group of individuals without having to read 500+ pages.
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  London Ortega-Schmidt

  Who was Susan B. Anthony by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso is an outstanding, magnificent, educational, and an amazing book! This book has factual details about Susan being a feminist supporting womens suffrage. Womens suffrage simply means that women being able to have the right to vote. Susan was born into a family of seven children including herself on February 15, 1820. It all started with women not having the right to vote. Susan was immediately so irate with this law. She thought that this was completely ridiculous! However, she was born into a Quaker Family. It was not normal for women to stand up and fight for her and every womens rights. She had taken trips to jail many times but got bailed out in every one. Susan B. Anthony fought for African-American rights and womens suffrage rights as well. She was a very independent woman that became the president for The NWSA. NWSA is also known as The National Woman Suffrage Association. Even though Susan never got to see women being able to have the right to vote, the womens suffrage law got passed on August 18,1920 with becoming the nineteenth amendment. We know that without The Susan B. Anthony, the law wouldn't have ever gotten passed. Susan B. Anthony later died on March 13, 1906 with being a successful woman.
  This book has taught me a lot and I loved and enjoyed this book! I did not like that women were not having the right vote. However, what I did LOVE was how and when Susan B. Anthony chose to fight for womens suffrage. I think we can all look up to Susan as a huge inspiration because without her, today us women would be having problems with not being able to vote. Nonetheless, this book is amazing and I especially loved it because I love social studies and I love women power!
  I recommend this book to anyone who greatly enjoys social studies and people who support womens suffrage. Anyone who doesn't support womens suffrage should still read this book because it's worthwhile and it means a lot to women. It was a huge problem back then but not now because of that inspirational woman named Susan B. Anthony.