Question

What did Susan B. Anthony hope to gain by her arrest for casting a ballot in 1872?

She wanted to promote a run for public office.
She wanted to bring attention to the cause of women’s suffrage.
She wanted to demonstrate problems with how votes were counted.
She wanted to show women they could vote despite the law against it.

Answer 1

She wanted to bring attention to the cause of women’s suffrage.

Anthony deliberately voted to create a public, legal test of the denial of women’s voting rights and to draw national publicity and support for the suffrage movement.