In 1848 Susan B. Anthony was working as a teacher in Canajoharie, New York and became involved with the teacher’s union when she discovered that male teachers had a monthly salary of $10.00, while the female teachers earned $2.50 a month.

As soon as Anthony was old enough, she worked and taught in the “home school” during the summer, educating younger children.

Feb 26, 2015 · In 1848 Susan B. Anthony was working as a teacher in Canajoharie, New York and became involved with the teacher’s union when she discovered that male teachers had a monthly salary of $10.00, while the female teachers earned $2.50 a month.

Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.

When the Anthony family lost their business due to the 1837 depression, Susan B. Anthony began teaching to support herself. By 1846, 26-year-old Susan B. Anthony had worked her way up to headmistress of the Women’s Academy, in Canajoharie N.Y. Effective and respected, she never grew accustomed to earning three-quarters less pay than males ...

Mar 25, 2019 · As a teacher, she noticed that she was paid a fraction of her male counterparts. "Anthony’s experience with the teacher’s union, temperance and antislavery reforms, and Quaker upbringing, laid fertile ground for a career in women’s rights reform to grow." (NPS)

Oct 21, 2018 · As a young teacher, this strong woman started a campaign for equal pay for women in Rochester. When she started teaching, women earned a fourth of what their male counterpart would take home. She was outspoken and …

Susan Anthony was first instructed by teachers at home. She was sent afterward to finish her education at a Friends' boarding school in Philadelphia. She continued to attend this school until, at the age of fifteen, she was occasionally called on to help in the teaching.

Apr 3, 2014 · Raised in a Quaker household, Anthony went on to work as a teacher. She later partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and would eventually lead the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

She left and began working as a teacher after growing debt forced her father to sell his business and move the family to a farm near Rochester, New York. Anthony continued teaching to help her family pay the bills until 1849, when her father asked her to come home to run the family farm so that he could spend more time trying to develop an ...