Susan B. Anthony Victoria Muñoz and Sergio Murcia Would you imagine being constantly underrated and having almost no opportunities? This was the situation of women throughout the second half of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, including me. My name is Susan Brownell Anthony and I was born on February 15th 1820 in Massachusetts, United States. At that time, women were mainly in charge of the housework and raising children, while men occupied important positions and controlled business and trade. Women were not part of the public life, as we were not able to vote. Furthermore, black women were many times enslaved and were considered property, so they could be sold and even raped. During my lifetime I have been one of the first feminists and suffragettes, as well as a writer and a human rights defender and I have also played an important role in the fight for women's voting rights in addition to collecting anti-slavery petitions, to achieve social and racial equality. It all started at an early age, when I had to work as a teacher and I realized the difference in salary between men and women, since they were paid five times more, which encouraged me to fight against this injustice and demand improvements.
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