Miami Valley Coin Club

On June 6, 1872…

She was arrested, convicted, and fined for casting a vote in a Presidential election in her hometown of Rochester, New York. When she refused to pay the fine, authorities declined to take further action against her.

She traveled extensively, giving anywhere from 75 to 100 speeches per year. Because of her and a friend, Elizabeth Stanton’s hard work, Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduced to Congress the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the amendment that gave women the right to vote in U.S. elections. The amendment was finally ratified in 1920, fourteen years after her death in 1906.

In 1979, Susan Brownell Anthony became the first actual woman to be depicted on U.S. coinage, the Susan B. Anthony dollar.