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Her mourners called her “The Mother of Us All.” Anti-slavery campaigner, temperance leader, suffragette, Susan B. Anthony devoted her life to securing equal rights for women. Cathy chronicles Anthony’s cross-country travels, her fiery speeches and her arrest and conviction in 1872 for voting in the presidential election and challenging the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution. Although she did not live to see the passage of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote, her courageous struggle and indomitable spirit remind us that one person can change the world—as long as failure is not an option.

Georgia Performance Standards:

• SS5CG3b - The students will explain how amendments to the U.S. Constitution have maintained a representative democracy and explain how voting rights were protected by the 15, 19, 23rd, 24th, and 26th amendments.
• SS3H2 - The students will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people's rights and freedoms in a democracy including Susan B. Anthony (women's rights).
• SS6CG3b - The students will explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.

Cathy Kaemmerlen

Cathy Kaemmerlen, professional actress, dancer and storyteller, is known for her variety of characters, one-woman shows and her rapport with audiences.

A performer and "creator of shows" since she can remember, she has toured in schools coast to coast since receiving a BA in English and Elementary Education from UNC-Charlotte and an MFA in dance performance/choreography/theatre at the University of Wisconsin.

Cathy is now a published author of General Sherman and the Georgia Belles: Tales of Women Left Behind, and Speaking Stones: Voices from Historic Oakland Cemetery. She also has a new book, Just Buzzing Around with Itty Bitty Betty, She's a Honey of a Bee, published by Pelican Press for spring, 2012. Cathy is listed with Southern Artist Profile, National Women's History Project, and the Georgia and South Carolina Arts Commission Touring Artists Rosters. She excels in making history and folktales come to life.