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Arrest for voting in Rochester
- When
- November 18, 1872
- Where
- Rochester, New York
Anthony was arrested on November 18, 1872, in Rochester, New York, for voting in violation of laws that allowed only men to vote.
Anthony and her sisters registered to vote shortly before election day, and nearly fifty women in Rochester followed their example in registering for the presidential election of 1872. Anthony was arrested on November 18, 1872, for voting in violation of laws that allowed only men to vote. The passages do not state the exact date on which she cast her vote.
Sources
- Susan B. Anthony Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.