15 February 2020 at 12:00AM
Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)!
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Anthony was one of the leading suffragists of her day and also was a young abolishionist.
The 19th amendment (the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex) has sometimes been referred to as “The Susan B Anthony Amendment”. Anthony was also involved with getting women admitted to the University of Rochester. At the end, when they were just short of the funding required by the U of R to admit women, Anthony signed over the cash value of her life insurance policy.
After the next time you vote please consider going to Mount Hope Cemetery and putting your “I voted” sticker on Anthony’s tombstone. (A recent Final Jeopardy Question was on this new Election Day ritual.)
