Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Declaration of War
December 8, 1941

Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863

Winston Churchill
"Their Finest Hour"
June 18, 1940

Winston Churchill
We Shall Fight on the Beaches
June 4, 1940

In the 1800s, women in the United States had few legal rights and did not have the right to vote. This speech was given by Susan B. Anthony after her arrest for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872. She was tried and then fined $100 but refused to pay.