Trump to pardon women's suffrage leader Susan Anthony.
Trump's pardon comes 100 years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women the right to vote. It's also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Susan B. Anthony List's 11th annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum May 22, 2018 in Washington, DC.President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women's suffrage movement, who was arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only men to vote.
Trump's pardon comes 100 years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women the right to vote. It's also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution during a signing ceremony in the Blue Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 18, 2020.Anthony was arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, New York, and convicted in a widely publicized trial. Although she refused to pay the fine, the authorities declined to take further action.
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