Susan B. Anthony was a social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she spent her life traveling and giving speeches on abolition, temperance, and women's labor rights. In 1872, she was arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, New York, a move that brought national attention to the suffrage cause. She refused to pay the fine, using the court case as a platform for her arguments. Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association. Although she died 14 years before the 19th Amendment was passed, her tireless work paved the way for women to gain the right to vote in the U.S. The amendment is still often referred to as the 'Susan B. Anthony Amendment' in her honor, and she was the first woman to be depicted on a U.S. circulating coin (the silver dollar).