It was on this date in 1872 that Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the 1872 Presidential Election. It was illegal for women to vote at that time. It would take almost another 50 years for women to get the right to vote in the U.S. And it was on this date in 1963 that the push-button telephone was introduced.
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Mark's Almanac for November 18, 2021
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