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Knowing about Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Ida B. Wells, who fought for equality and gave people like me the chance to speak out against all forms of prejudice, motivates me. Despite their diversity/differences, each one is unique in their struggle for the “women’s suffrage movement” and they established a foundation for everyone to continue speaking up against any sort of discrimination in society.

Ida B. Well caught my attention that having the courage in the fight against the lynching of black men in the community was remarkable as protesting discrimination of any form that oppresses women. She must be very courageous to have published a speech confronting and condemning white who support or ignore ignored the racial violence against black Americans. But it was unfortunate that angry mobs destroyed her office and threatened to lynch her as well.

I adore Cady Stanton, an enthusiastic activist who persisted in advocating for women’s political equality while refusing to give up on the idea of “universal suffrage,” which gave Black men the right to vote but prohibited it for women. I wish all the women who struggled against injustice and for equality were here with us to see how far we have come and how much work needs to be done.