An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on the Charge of Illegal Voting at the Presidential Election in Nov. 1872. and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones Edwin T. Marsh and William B. Hall the Inspectors of Election by whom her V

<p>An account of the landmark suffragist trial before the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York at Canandaigua in June 1873 that brought the cause of women's voting rights to the forefront of national attention in the United States. A group of women led by preeminent abolitionist and woman's rights advocate Susan B. Anthony [1820-1906] attempted to vote during the presidential election of 1872 claiming they were entitled to do so according to the Fourteenth Amendment. The presiding officials Jones Hall and Marsh decided by a majority to accept their ballots. The women were soon arrested for this act and indicted for "knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote." The officials were also indicted. This volume reprints the text of the indictment and a transcript of the testimony with connecting commentary. The appendix offers an address by Anthony delivered before her trial a speech on her behalf cause by Joslyn Gage and a critical assessment of the trial by John Hooker. vii 212 pp. </p>