Who is Susan B Anthony and why did President Trump pardon her?
SUSAN B. Anthony was a leading suffragette who was arrested for voting in the 1872 election when only men were permitted.
President on August 18, 100 years after Congress ratified the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
Here is more on the president’s pardon.
Who is Susan B Anthony?
Susan B. Anthony was a women’s activist who played a crucial role in the ratification of the 19th amendment which granted women the right to vote.
Anthony was committed to social equality and had invested her time in signing anti-slavery petitions.
In 1856, she became the state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
When was she arrested and why?
In 1872, Anthony was arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, New York, and convicted in a trial.
She refused to pay the fine that came with her conviction and authorities dropped her case.
In 1878, Anthony and fellow suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton introduced to an amendment that granted white women the right to vote.
The amendment was known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment and was later ratified as the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920.
What did people do to Susan B. Anthony's grave?
The suffragist helped to pass the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote
- When the 2016 election occurred, many voters traveled to Susan B. Anthony's grave site in New York and left her "I Voted" stickers pasted onto her headstone
- Hillary Clinton was running for president against Donald Trump, which was the first time a woman had gotten that far into politics
- While Hillary lost the electoral college, she gained the popular vote and inspired women to thank Susan B. Anthony for being a pioneer in women's suffrage movement
- Women gained the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment
Why did Trump pardon her?
President Trump announced on Tuesday that he will pardon Anthony for voting in the 1872 election.
“Win, lose or draw, we have to get it right,” Trump said, adding that mail-in voting, as opposed to absentee voting, leads to ballots cast by pets and the deceased.
“We have to have honest voting. that’s what this is all about here. we have to have honest voting,” he said.
What are the Postal Service disruptions?
The Postal Service disruptions came about as Trump admitted he is this November.
As a result, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the USPS.
On Thursday, Trump said he's blocking the $2trillion stimulus package suggested by .
He said that it is because it allots $25 billion in emergency funding to USPS, which he said was "election money" for mail-in ballots.
The next day, Trump said he would be willing to offer this billion-dollar sum to USPS, which included $3.5 billion in election resources, if Democrats "give us what we want."
Photos taken in Portland, this week show being loaded onto trucks and taken away.
Many people have still requested their mail-in ballots as they fear going to their polling places due to coronavirus.
When is the election?
will be held on November 3, 2020.
Trump is seeking re-election and Joe Biden is the Democratic pick for the race.
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