The woman arrested for voting

On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony cast a ballot for president in Rochester, New York, at a time when women could not vote in federal elections. About 14 other women in her ward voted too.

Weeks later she was arrested. At her trial, the judge ordered the jury to find her guilty and fined her $100. She said she would never pay it, and she never did.

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