Question 1

True or false: She lived to see the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

False. Anthony died in 1906, 14 years before the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920.

Question 2

True or false: She was the first woman to run for President of the United States.

Accepted Answer

False. Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872. Anthony never ran for any political office.

Question 3

True or false: Anthony never married, calling marriage a form of legalized slavery for women.

Accepted Answer

True. She remained single and often criticized marriage laws that subjugated women, focusing on her activism.

Question 4

True or false: Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election.

Accepted Answer

True. She voted illegally in Rochester, New York, was arrested, and fined $100, which she never paid.

Question 5

True or false: She was the first woman to appear on U.S. currency with her portrait on the dollar coin.

Accepted Answer

True. The Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was minted from 1979 to 1981, making her the first woman on a U.S. coin.

Question 6

True or false: She once gave a speech while wearing a dress made of the American flag.

Accepted Answer

False. No record exists of this. Anthony was known for plain, practical clothing, not flag attire.

Question 7

True or false: Anthony was a close friend of Frederick Douglass and they worked together on abolition.

Accepted Answer

True. They collaborated for decades on women's rights and abolition, though they later disagreed over the 15th Amendment.

Question 8

True or false: Anthony spoke out against abortion, calling it a form of 'child murder' in her writings.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no credible evidence Anthony made such statements; this is a modern myth misattributed to her.

Susan B. Anthony Trivia Questions