Susan B. Anthony Was ARRESTED for Voting (1872) #Shorts
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What is “Susan B. Anthony Was ARRESTED for Voting (1872)” about?
On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted in Rochester, New York. Two weeks later she was arrested, and at her trial the judge directed the jury to find her guilty. Her answer to the $100 fine is in the trial record.
What are the key facts?
Anthony and about 14 other women voted in Rochester's Eighth Ward; a deputy federal marshal arrested her at home on November 18, 1872 (Smithsonian Magazine; trial record, 1874). She was charged under the Enforcement Act of 1870 with voting "without having a lawful right to vote" (Federal Judicial Center).
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