Document 1 On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony, along with sixteen other women, went to the local polling booth in Rochester to vote in the general election. She was arrested and made this statement during her trial. In the trial, she was convicted and fined. ... Miss Anthony.[speaking] unjust penalty. All the stock in trade I possess is a debt of $10,000, incurred by publishing my paper- The Revolution-the sole object of which was to educate all women to do precisely as I have done, rebel against your man-made, unjust, unconstitutional forms of law, which tax, fine, imprison and hang women, while denying them the right of representation in the government; and I will work on with might and main to pay every dollar of that honest debt, but not a penny shall go to this unjust claim. And I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim, "Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."... May it please your honor, I will never pay a dollar of your Source: Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, Vol. I, The Hollenbeck Press, 1898 1 According to Susan B. Anthony, why did she refuse to pay a fine? [1]

Document 1 On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony, along with sixteen other women, went to the local polling booth in Rochester to vote in the general election. She was arrested and made this statement during her trial. In the trial, she was convicted and fined. ... Miss Anthony.[speaking] unjust penalty. All the stock in trade I possess is a debt of $10,000, incurred by publishing my paper- The Revolution-the sole object of which was to educate all women to do precisely as I have done, rebel against your man-made, unjust, unconstitutional forms of law, which tax, fine, imprison and hang women, while denying them the right of representation in the government; and I will work on with might and main to pay every dollar of that honest debt, but not a penny shall go to this unjust claim. And I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim, "Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."... May it please your honor, I will never pay a dollar of your Source: Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, Vol. I, The Hollenbeck Press, 1898 1 According to Susan B. Anthony, why did she refuse to pay a fine? [1]