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5 days ago · Susan B. Anthony, American activist who was a pioneer crusader for the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. and was president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
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May 30, 2024 · On November 5, 1872, 48 years before American women gain the right to vote with the 19 th Amendment, pioneering women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony illegally attempts to cast a vote in the...
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May 29, 2024 · Susan B. Anthony was an American equal rights activist. Although she did not live long enough to see the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, she played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement.
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May 31, 2024 · Her tireless pursuit of justice and equality paved the way for the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote in 1920. This article celebrates Susan B. Anthony’s enduring legacy as a trailblazer and a symbol of resilience in the fight for women’s rights.
Jun 17, 2024 · Susan B. Anthony devoted more than fifty years of her life to the cause of woman suffrage. After casting her ballot in the 1872 Presidential election in her hometown of Rochester, New York, she was arrested, indicted, tried, and convicted for voting illegally.
Susan B. Anthony, “Is It a Crime for a U.S. Citizen to Vote?” in Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 4 April 1873. Our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws.