Trump Announces He Will Sign ‘Full and Complete’ Pardon for Women’s Suffrage Icon Susan B. Anthony

The White House announced on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will pardon Susan B. Anthony, who was arrested for voting in 1872 and convicted by an all-male jury.

Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was a 19th century activist for women’s rights in the United States, a leading figure in the suffrage movement. From 1892 to 1900 she was president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which she co-founded with fellow activist and civil rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Anthony’s arrest was in Rochester, New York. The indictment read in part that “the said Susan B. Anthony being then and there a person of the female sex” did “knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully” vote. Her trial was national news at the time, and she was found guilty by an all-male jury.

President Trump at an event this morning made the announcement, saying he would be signing a full and complete pardon for Susan B. Anthony and was surprised it had never been done before.

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, affirming that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

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