Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony! February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906 Convicted for Voting Suffragette Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the election of 1872 in Rochester, New York. As planned, she was arrested for “knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully vot[ing] for a representative to the Congress of the United States,” convicted by the State of New York, and fined $100. There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.––Susan B. Anthony, 1897 U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony, Record of Conviction, 06/28/1873
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Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony!

February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906

Convicted for Voting

Suffragette Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the election of 1872 in Rochester, New York. As planned, she was arrested for “knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully vot[ing] for a representative to the Congress of the United States,” convicted by the State of New York, and fined $100.

There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.––Susan B. Anthony, 1897

U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony, Record of Conviction, 06/28/1873

Source: research.archives.gov

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    I have the same birthday as the most awesome suffragette ever!!!!
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    Signal boost for all of us non-Americans who didn’t learn about Susan B. Anthony in school.
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    En 1872, la sufragista...se registró y trató de votar...un...
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    I can’t believe I missed this. Happy bday Susan!
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    She told the judge she would never pay the fine, and she didn’t.
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    I remember in eighth grade for American History we had to do these POP projects (People of Prominence) where a timeline...
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