The woman who dared to vote : the trial of Susan B. Anthony /
Just as the polls opened on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony arrived and filled out her "ticket" for the various candidates. But a poll watcher objected, claiming her action violated the laws of New York and the state constitution. Anthony protested that as a citizen of the United States...
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University Press of Kansas,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Why the trial of Susan B. Anthony matters
- Prologue. "Is not this a wonderful time : [An] era long to be remembered"
- "We represent fifteen million people" : summer 1865-fall 1869
- "Entitled to the unabridged exercise of privileges and immunities" : fall 1896-fall 1872
- "I have been & gone & done it!!" : fall 1872-winter 1873
- "There is no time now to indulge in personal enmity" : January 1873-May 1873
- "On the part of the government, there is no question" : June 17-18, 1873
- "Had the defendant, being a female, the right to vote?" : June 18-19, 1873
- "Selfish male tyranny" : June 20, 1873-March 29, 1875
- Postscript : to the Nineteenth Amendment