Her work was so impactful that, in 1979, she became the first woman to be featured on a U.S. Anthony died in 1906, just months before women gained the right to vote in federal elections. In 1878, she helped found the National Woman Suffrage Association, which would later merge with other organizations to form the League of Women Voters. After her arrest, Anthony embarked on a nationwide tour advocating for women’s suffrage. In 1872, she became the first woman to be arrested for voting in a national election.
Anthony was an American civil rights activist and women’s suffrage leader who played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement.
