Letter from Susan B. Anthony to "My dear young friend," November 13, 1872

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Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

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Rochester Nov. 12th 1872

My Dear young Friend

Yes you shall have the Autograph of the first woman who legally registered and voted in the state of New York under the 14th Amendment, which lifts the [freedom] franchise of the citizen above the power of the states to deny, as did the 13th freedom of the person.

All persons are citizens--and no state shall deny or abridge the citizen rights--

Respectfully yours
Susan B. Anthony

On November 1, 1872, Susan B. Anthony, her three sisters, and fifteen other Rochester women registered to vote after persuading the election inspectors that the Fourteenth Amendment gave them that right. Four days later they cast their ballots, and on November 18, Anthony was arrested for illegal voting. She was tried in Canandaigua the following June. A hostile judge refused to allow her to testify, dismissed the jury, found her guilty, and fined her $100. Although she refused to pay the fine, the judge did not imprison Anthony, thus preventing her from appealing the case to a higher court.

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, “Letter from Susan B. Anthony to "My dear young friend," November 13, 1872,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed March 14, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/558.