 Other documents I find fascinating include the indictments of Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women who voted in an election where members of Congress were chosen in November of 1872 in Rochester, New York. A little over a week later they were all arrested for voting illegally. The women believed that as American citizens they had the right to vote under the 14th amendment. Anthony was the only one of the women whose case went to trial. She was found guilty and fined $100. Anthony swore that she would never pay a penny of the fine. The 19th amendment, which secured the right to vote for women, was not passed for another 48 years in 1920.