Susan B Anthony

Susan was arrested and indicted on Thanksgiving Day, 1872, for having "knowingly voted without having a lawful right to vote." At her trial, the judge penned his decision before hearing the case and discharged the jury because he maintained that there were no questions for him to consider. He found her guilty for voting illegally and fined her $100.
All in all, Susan B. Anthony was a great woman. She was a women's rights campaigner, a suffragist, and was against slavery. She even at one time had her own newspaper! She did many important things, but one of the greatest was to help grant women suffrage. Because of women like Susan, women now have the right to vote!The Susan B. Anthony House was the home of the legendary American civil rights leader during the most politically active period of her life, and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872. ...