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Susan B. Anthony played a very dominant role in the woman suffrage movement, was an important figure in the temperance movement, and was also active in a few other movements during the 19th and 20th centuries. However, during the 1850's Anthony's main focus was temperance reform which worked to make alcohol illegal. Interestingly enough, the majority of the workers for the temperance campaign were women. This makes sense because the movement addressed the impact of alcohol consumption on the family. Anthony herself was unmarried and did not have children yet was in great favor of the ban on alcohol using moral suasion to reinforce her beliefs. She also had a great following of women that backed her in her efforts. More actively, she attempted to become involved with the Sons of Temperance however when she tried to speak at a meeting in Albany she was denied by one male saying, "The Sisters were not invited there to speak but to listen and learn." With that she promptly......

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