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Fighting for Equal Rights





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                         Susan B. Anthony spent her                                                         Why were Susan and other women arrested in 1872?
                                                                                                            They voted in an election for the president of the
                                                                                                            United States, but it was illegal for women to vote
                  lifetime fighting for the fair                                                            at that time. / It was against the law for women to

                                                                                                            vote at that time.
                  treatment of women. Sadly,



                  however, she died before a law




                  giving women the right to vote



                  was passed. On August 26, 1920,                                                                             ▲ As a result of the law, women




                  the law was passed. Women could                                                                                 all over the United States had
                                                                                                                                  the right to vote.

                  now vote.







                                                                More Words be forced to    be willing to    illegal    guilty    treatment



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