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Susan B. Anthony. United States v. Susan B. Anthony was the criminal trial of Susan B. Anthony in a U.S. federal court in 1873. The defendant was a leader of the women's suffrage movement who was arrested for voting in Rochester, New York in the 1872 elections in violation of state laws that allowed only men to vote.
Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
Susan B. Anthony: Northern District of New York: June 18, 1873 $100 fine and the cost of prosecution Illegal voting Anthony, a women's rights and women's suffrage activist, famously cast a ballot in the 1872 presidential election; prosecuted and convicted of violating the Enforcement Act of 1870; she never paid the fine.
Susan B. Anthony image and quoted text, used by Feminists for Life to portray her as anti-abortion. The quote deals with child custody in estate law rather than abortion. [1] Susan B. Anthony was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement whose position on abortion has been the subject of a modern-day
Susan B. Anthony might have remained an important but little-remembered figure in American history if not for the decision to put her image on a $1 coin beginning in the late 1970s. Today, certain...
In August, 1868, the women's rights newspaper The Revolution, established by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, launched a campaign in Vaughn's defense.According to historian Sarah Barringer Gordon, women's rights activists had been searching for a popular cause through which to raise awareness about women's oppression when Vaughn's case came to their attention. [2]
The gravestones of Susan B. Anthony and her sister Mary are covered in plexiglass to protect them. New York Election Results 2024: Live updates, maps for every state race
The Susan B. Anthony House is located at 17 Madison Street in Rochester. Access to the house is through the Susan B. Anthony Museum entrance at 19 Madison Street. Today the Susan B. Anthony House is a learning center and museum open to the public for tours and programs from 11-5 Tuesday through Sunday, except major holidays.