The New Departure - Susan B.
Title
The New Departure - Susan B.
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In the Presidential election of 1872, Ulysses S Grant was challenged by Horace Greeley. Grant was corrupt and incompetent, and Greeley opposed suffrage. Women voters didn’t have much of a choice - which was appropriate, since there weren’t any women voters.
Susan B Anthony was already famous when she & 14 other women successfully registered to vote in Rochester NY. At the polls on Nov 5 1872, their credentials were challenged. The state inspectors asked under oath if Anthony was a citizen, if she lived in the district, and
...if she had accepted any bribe for her vote. She said no. They accepted her ballot. 12 days later she was under arrest. @AnnDGordon tells the whole story: https://t.co/ZyKi7qf5ot They weren’t the only women who tried to vote.
The New Departure was a direct action and litigation strategy: women would try to vote, be turned away, then sue the registrar. The goal was to get the Supreme Court to say the 14th & 15th Amendments defined voting as an inherent right of citizenship for all. #Suffrage100
Susan B Anthony was already famous when she & 14 other women successfully registered to vote in Rochester NY. At the polls on Nov 5 1872, their credentials were challenged. The state inspectors asked under oath if Anthony was a citizen, if she lived in the district, and
...if she had accepted any bribe for her vote. She said no. They accepted her ballot. 12 days later she was under arrest. @AnnDGordon tells the whole story: https://t.co/ZyKi7qf5ot They weren’t the only women who tried to vote.
The New Departure was a direct action and litigation strategy: women would try to vote, be turned away, then sue the registrar. The goal was to get the Supreme Court to say the 14th & 15th Amendments defined voting as an inherent right of citizenship for all. #Suffrage100
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Daily Suffragist
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04/10/2019
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Daily Suffragist, “The New Departure - Susan B.,” Daily Suffragist, accessed January 19, 2025, https://dailysuffragist.omeka.net/items/show/96.