Born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan B. Anthony was part of the first generation of suffragists who united to abolish slavery and advance the rights of women in the 19th Century. But eventual divisions over race and strategy stalled the suffrage movement for decades, and Anthony, who was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election, died over a decade before women gained the right to vote nationwide. | American Experience | PBS

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