An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election in Nov., 1872. and on ... the Inspectors of Election by whom her Vote

by Susan B. Anthony

Anthony, Susan B. An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election in Nov., 1872. and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones, Edwin T. Marsh and William B. Hall, the Inspectors of Election by whom her Vote was Received. Daily Democrat and Chronicle Book Print, 1874. vii, 212 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001041397. Hardcover. New. An account of the landmark suffragist trial before the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, at Canandaigua in June, 1873, that brought the cause of women's voting rights to the forefront of national attention in the United States. A group of women led by preeminent abolitionist and woman's rights advocate Susan B. Anthony [1820-1906], attempted to vote during the presidential election of 1872, claiming they were entitled to do so according to the Fourteenth Amendment. The presiding officials, Jones, Hall, and Marsh, decided by a majority to accept their ballots. The women were soon arrested for this act and indicted for "knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote." The officials were also indicted. This volume reprints the text of the indictment and a transcript of the testimony with connecting commentary. The appendix offers an address by Anthony delivered before her trial, a speech on her behalf cause by Joslyn Gage, and a critical assessment of the trial by John Hooker.

Genres: History, Politics, Crime

226 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1874

About the author

Instrumental American reformer Susan Brownell Anthony in 1869 cofounded the national woman suffrage association in the passage of legislation that gave rights over children, property, and wages to the married.

This prominent civil leader played a pivotal role in the 19th century movement to secure in the United States. She traveled the United States and Europe and gave seventy to a hundred speeches per year for four decades. She died in Rochester, New York in her house at 17 Madison Street, and survivors buried her body at Mount Hope cemetery.

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