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Fighting for Equal Rights How did Susan’s father treat women and men?
He treated women and men as equals.
He treated women and men equally. / He treated men
and women the same.
Susan began attending school when her family moved to
New York in 1826. When her father found out that girls were
not being taught like boys, he started his own school. There,
girls and boys learned the same things.
In 1837, Susan went away to boarding school.
The experience was not pleasant. However, she
met Lucretia Mott there. Mott believed that it
n.
the practice of owning people and forcing them to work
slavery
was important to help others and that slavery
to affect the way someone thinks or behaves
▲ Susan B. Anthony v.
influenced
(1820-1906) was wrong. Her views influenced young Susan.
Unit 9 | Fighting for Equal Rights
