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kpete

(71,996 posts) Tue Nov 8, 2016, 08:47 AM Nov 2016

‘I voted’ stickers' on Susan B. Anthony's Grave

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Women’s suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony once said that “There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.”

With the country on the eve of possibly electing a woman to the highest office in the nation, many women are traveling to the grave of Anthony, who died in 1906, to pay tribute to the nation’s best-known suffragists.

Anthony is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, NY, the same place she was arrested and later convicted of attempting to vote. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, would not be passed until 1920.

“I voted” stickers began to show up on the headstone of Anthony’s grave sometime in October, according to CNN. The stickers get removed periodically, so the number of stickers varies from photo to photo. But those seeking to pay their respects to Anthony keep showing up.

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‘I voted’ stickers' on Susan B. Anthony's Grave (Original Post) kpete Nov 2016 OP

Very cool. K&R NNadir Nov 2016 #2

That's powerful! Arkansas Granny Nov 2016 #4

Winning. Iggo Nov 2016 #5

CNN video progressoid Nov 2016 #6

I saw that a few weeks ago as a counter joke to DEAD PEOPLE VOTING underpants Nov 2016 #7

shared on facebook! Thanks eom LittleGirl Nov 2016 #8

I Do Not Support This erpowers Nov 2016 #10

I'm quite sure..... llmart Nov 2016 #13

Somehow, I think Anthony is up there smiling broadly :-) secondwind Nov 2016 #14

up where? snooper2 Nov 2016 #19

Right over your head. kwassa Nov 2016 #26

I just looked up at white ceiling tiles, but you may be on to something snooper2 Nov 2016 #28

The stickers can be easily removed. Crowman1979 Nov 2016 #16

I don't, either. jkirch Nov 2016 #18

No, it isnt. The adhesive is so weak, the stickers will fall off by themselves. kwassa Nov 2016 #25

Actually, the cemetery is staying open late tonight so women can come and place their stickers. Fla Dem Nov 2016 #20

It's just as harmful as laying flowers against the stone retrowire Nov 2016 #21

Posted to my FB page vlyons Nov 2016 #11

kick CatWoman Nov 2016 #12

She's already voted 30 times....LOL ileus Nov 2016 #15

K & R! lonestarnot Nov 2016 #17

K & R mountain grammy Nov 2016 #27

I'd do it, if I were there, knowing the Lifelong Protester Nov 2016 #30

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NNadir

(33,525 posts)

2. Very cool. K&R

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 09:01 AM

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Arkansas Granny

(31,518 posts)

4. That's powerful!

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Tue Nov 8, 2016, 09:13 AM

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Iggo

(47,558 posts)

5. Winning.

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Tue Nov 8, 2016, 09:18 AM

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progressoid

(49,991 posts)

6. CNN video

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Tue Nov 8, 2016, 09:22 AM

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underpants

(182,829 posts)

7. I saw that a few weeks ago as a counter joke to DEAD PEOPLE VOTING

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Tue Nov 8, 2016, 09:32 AM

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post on Facebook

LittleGirl

(8,287 posts)

8. shared on facebook! Thanks eom

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Tue Nov 8, 2016, 09:36 AM

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erpowers

(9,350 posts)

10. I Do Not Support This

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 09:56 AM

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I am very happy women can vote. However, this is vandalism of a person's grave. I guess flowers would have been just as bad, but I would have preferred that people just bring flowers to her grave.

llmart

(15,540 posts)

13. I'm quite sure.....

Reply to erpowers (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 10:11 AM

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that Susan B. Anthony would be extremely pleased with this.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

14. Somehow, I think Anthony is up there smiling broadly :-)

Reply to erpowers (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 10:18 AM

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snooper2

(30,151 posts)

19. up where?

Reply to secondwind (Reply #14)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 10:31 AM

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kwassa

(23,340 posts)

26. Right over your head.

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #19)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 11:15 AM

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snooper2

(30,151 posts)

28. I just looked up at white ceiling tiles, but you may be on to something

Reply to kwassa (Reply #26)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 11:27 AM

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I was staring up and a lady just walked by my cube and looked up as well like, what am I looking at

Crowman1979

(3,844 posts)

16. The stickers can be easily removed.

Reply to erpowers (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 10:29 AM

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They fall off pretty easily since there isn't much adhesive on the back.

jkirch

(256 posts)

18. I don't, either.

Reply to erpowers (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 10:30 AM

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This is damaging to the monument.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

25. No, it isnt. The adhesive is so weak, the stickers will fall off by themselves.

Reply to jkirch (Reply #18)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 11:14 AM

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Fla Dem

(23,691 posts)

20. Actually, the cemetery is staying open late tonight so women can come and place their stickers.

Reply to erpowers (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 11:02 AM

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I understand your thinking, but in this case, it is entirely appropriate.

So Many Women Put ‘I Voted’ Stickers on Susan B. Anthony’s Grave That the Cemetery Is Staying Open Late on Election Night
By Claire Landsbaum

On November 8, 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for illegally casting a ballot in the presidential election. More than a century later, single women are the nation’s most potent political force. Anthony’s grave in Rochester, New York, is a popular destination for women who want to honor her memory by doing their civic duty, and according to the Democrat & Chronicle, this year the city’s mayor is making it even easier to do so.

Mt. Hope Cemetery, where Anthony is buried, usually closes at 5:30 p.m., but on Election Day, it’ll be open until voting ends. “Visiting Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite has become an Election Day rite of passage for many citizens,” Rochester’s mayor told the paper in a press release. “With this year’s historically significant election, it seems right to extend that opportunity until the polls close.”

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/11/susan-b-anthonys-grave-will-be-open-until-the-polls-close.html