Susan B. Anthony was an activist who fought for women's rights, including the right to vote. Why do you think her work was essential to women's freedom today? What would life have been like if she did not fight for women's rights?

And fast (use two examples) some historians say that the attacks by the abolitionist actually strengthened sectionalism in the south instead of weakening it. how might the abolitionist have been contributing to the tension arising over slavery? provide two specific example of the southern response to the aboltitonist attacks.