Susan B. Anthony Votes in a Presidential Election
Susan B. Anthony cast a ballot in Rochester, New York, on November 5, 1872.
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The Event
Susan B. Anthony cast a ballot in Rochester, New York, on November 5, 1872. She and other women challenged their exclusion from voting through a constitutional argument.
The Wider Story
Anthony was arrested after the election and tried in 1873. Her conviction became a prominent episode in the campaign for women's suffrage.
Putting the Event in Perspective
The act of voting, the arrest and the trial were separate milestones.
Reading the Historical Record
The Nineteenth Amendment came decades later; it should not appear as an immediate result of a single ballot.
About the Historical Recreation
The accompanying visual is an illustrative reconstruction: a Rochester polling place in 1872, focusing on a ballot box and distant voters. It is not authentic archival footage, an eyewitness record or additional evidence for the event.
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