Question 1: How do we define the personality traits of a hero?

Definition: a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child (“Dictionary”).

Hero: any person admired for courage, nobility, or exploits, esp. in war... any person admired for qualities or achievements and regarded as an ideal or model. (“James Ottavio Castagnera”)

Question 2: How do the setting, conflicts, and antagonists influence the

development of literary heroes?

Susan cut her hair shorter and wore bloomers for one year before criticism convinced her that this wardrobe distracted from the other causes she supported. (“Her Story”)

In the 1860s Anthony drew attention to the case of Abby McFarland whose drunken and abusive husband, Daniel, killed the man she had divorced him to marry. They protested when Daniel was not convicted of murder on a plea of temporary insanity and given custody of their son. (“Her story”)

Anthony joined the Daughters of Temperance in 1848. A few years later, she was not allowed to speak at a temperance rally in Albany because she was a woman.(“Winningthevote”)

Question 3: How does a hero reflect his/her particular culture

and society?

The Anthony family was very active in the reform movements in the 1800s (“Women in history”)

Susan B Anthony brought up in a Quaker family with long activist traditions. (“Her Story”)

Question 4: How does a hero represent his/her time period and

geographical area?

A schoolroom was Located in Susan’s house growing up. There Anthony, along with her brothers, sisters and some neighborhood children, received the bulk of her formal education in a home school established by her father. There, some of her teachers were women. (“Winningthevote”)

 Although most girls did not receive a formal education in the early 1800's, Susan B. Anthony's father, Daniel believed in equal treatment for boys and girls. (“WomeninHistory”)

Question 5: How do various cultures reward or recognize

their heroes?

In 1849 Susan was elected president of the Rochester branch of the Daughters of Temperance and raised money for the cause. (“Her story”)

Anthony served as a member of the executive committee and later as vice-president in the National Woman Suffrage Association. (“Winningthevote”)

Question 6: How did women react to Susan B Anthony in her efforts for

women's rights? How did men react to the women’s rights movement?

In the 1870s Anthony supported the Rochester women organizers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, although she told them that women would need to get the vote to reach their goal. She refused to support Prohibition because she believed it detracted attention from the cause of woman suffrage.(“Her story”)

Founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association in 1869 with life-long friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan seemed to have a stronger female following rather than male. (“Womeninhistory”)

Question 7: What type of support system was needed to make an impact

and what type did she really have?

In 1853 Anthony was refused the right to speak at the state convention of the Sons of Temperance in Albany. (“Her story”)

 Susan formed the Woman's New York State Temperance Society. (“Winningthevote”)

Question 8:Was Suan B anthony involved in any other civil rights causes,

if so what causes?

Abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist (“Her story”)

From 1856 until the Civil War, she was the principal New York agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.(“Winningthevote”)

Question 9: Did opposition against Susan B Anthony ever make her doubt

herself or change her campaign?

Susan and Cady Stanton were criticized for talking too much about women's rights and resigned from the Women's State Temperance Society. (“Her Story”)

Anthony attended a women's suffrage convention in Baltimore in February 1906, she stated her belief that "Failure is Impossible.“ (”Winningthevote”)

Question 10: Did She work towards complete equal rights from the beginning

or was she first focused on gaining a single right?

Susan seemed to believed gaining the power to vote would make gaining other women’s rights easier (“Her story”)

In 1848 she was more interested in pursuing temperance reform.(“Winningthevote”)

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story/biography.php>. (tags: none | edit tags)• "Susan B. Anthony House :: Her Story." The Official Susan B. Anthony House :: Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2012.

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the list of worst living villain. Bin Laden garnered 12 nominations, and Saddam received six. "James Ottavio Castagnera." American Association for Higher Education & Accreditation. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://www.aahea.org/bulletins/articles/heroes.htm>. (tags:none | edit tags)

• "dictionary." dictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. <dictionary.reference.com/browse/hero>. (tags: none | edit tags)• "winningthevote." Western New York Suffragists -Winning the Vote. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Feb. 2012.

<http://www.winningthevote.org/sbanthony.html>. (tags: none | edit tags)• "women in history." Lakewood Public Library (Lakewood, Ohio). N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/anth-

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