susan . b . anthony
is a person who tried to get women the right to vote.
In 1872, Susan B. Anthony travelled around New York to give her speech titled, "Is It a Crime for a US Citizen to Vote?" This happened after she was arrested for trying to vote in the 1872 US presidential elections.
a suffragist.
because she regestered to vote, and on election day she voted in Rochester, New York. Two weeks later she was arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully" voting for a representative to the Congress of the U.S.
Susan B. Anthony was a progressive well ahead of her time. She questioned the legitimacy of the government. She claimed the nation's problems were the result of white men in power. She was a leading suffragist, and she and a few friends were arrested in 1872 for attempting to vote in the presidential election of that year. Many Americans and politicians believed she was much too radical. She at one point claimed that the US was an odious aristocracy and a hateful oligarchy of sex.
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
is a person who tried to get women the right to vote.
vote illegaly and was arrested for it
In 1872, Susan B. Anthony travelled around New York to give her speech titled, "Is It a Crime for a US Citizen to Vote?" This happened after she was arrested for trying to vote in the 1872 US presidential elections.
To get the vote
elizabeth cady stanton
How did you vote in the period 1800-1872
(Suffragists are people seeking to establish the right to vote. Another female form was suffragette.)The suffragist movement accomplished a major goal with the passage of the 19th Amendment.
a suffragist.
It was probably Victoria Woodhull, back in 1872, long before women got the right to vote. She was a suffragist and had her own party-- the Equal Rights Party. Needless to say, she did not find many men who voted for her, but at least she made her point.
Alice Paul was a forceful suffragist who was constantly agitating for women's voting rights.