Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. The historic movement was led by Rochester’s Susan B. Anthony.

What You Need To Know

  • Plans for a presidential pardon for Susan B. Anthony are bringing controversy

  • Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul says she was deeply concerned to hear of the Trump's plans for the pardon

  • Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren believes the pardon should be rescinded because Anthony would not have wanted it 

  • Anthony voted illegally in the 1872 presidential election in Rochester and was arrested

Now plans for a presidential pardon for Susan B. Anthony are stirring up some controversy.

Susan B. Anthony voted in the 1872 presidential election in Rochester. She was arrested and convicted for voting illegally.

“I will be signing a full and complete pardon for Susan B. Anthony, she was never pardoned," said President Trump on Tuesday. 

But some call this a political move. Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul says she was deeply concerned to hear of the pardon plans.

“So I'm calling on Donald Trump, rescind that pardon," Hochul said. "Susan B. Anthony is calling to us right now and saying, 'I don't want to be pardoned. I was proud to be arrested. I was proud to be arrested in this very home.' And she was also proud of the fact that she never paid her fine because she was not a guilty woman.”

Hochul made the comments on the steps of Rochester’s Susan B. Anthony House on Tuesday. She was joined by Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren who echoed the sentiment.

"So today, to have Susan B. Anthony's legacy played with, it's wrong. I agree with the Lieutenant Governor. This pardon should be rescinded because she didn’t want it," said Warren.

Hochul spoke as folks toured the museum commemorating Anthony and her efforts. Among those visiting, eight-year-old third-grader Miriam Harwayne-Hynes and her family from Long Island.

"I learned that a lot of people treated her unfairly. And I knew that she was treated unfairly, but I didn’t really know she was treated, I didn’t really know how much more unfairly she was treated than I thought before," said Harwayne-Hynes.

“So Donald Trump on this hallowed day in this hallowed place, do not mar the memory of Susan B Anthony. Rescind that pardon now," said Hochul.

“I think that it's really, really unfair," said Harwayne-Hynes. "And that women should get the same rights as men. Even today they’re treated a little bit unfairly.”