e civil war. Her reason for taking a sideduring the war was not only to see the slaves be free. Anthony wanted to see all men equal. Shehad a plan (Hist. Works).A couple years after the Civil War had ended, African American men were given the rightto vote and the right to attempt to live the American dream. With this information, Anthony tookoff. She felt that women should be granted at least the same rights that had been bestowed uponthose African Americans who had so recently been set free. During the war however, the EqualGuardianship right faded away into nothing.Once the Civil War was over, Susan Brownell Anthony got up and went about tending tothe important business of giving women a voice in the government. She began to lecturewhenever and where ever she could get a crowd. This limited her speaking to Roughly.. theUnited States of America. Eventually, this area would broaden (Dorr 59).One day, Susan B. Anthony was feeling good. She walked down to the polls and made avote which was already pre-registered. None of the officials at the poll took her seriously becausethe vote was already registered. But later on that day, she walked into a neighborhood pollingarea and cast her vote. This time it was serious. The officials escorted Ms. Anthony to the courthouse. The trial was fixed so that she did not even have a remote chance of coming off innocent.She was then charged a fine of one hundred dollars to which she responded to by saying: Your denial of my citizen’s right to vote is the denial of my right of consent as one of thegoverned, the denial of my right of representation as one of the taxed,... the denial of my sacredright of life, liberty, property .... A commoner in England, tried before a jury of lords, would havehad far less to complain, than I, a woman, tried before a jury of men (Stoddard 43). May it please your Honor, I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty. All the stoc...
