As Susan B Anthony led the US women’s suffrage movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, people are getting emotional on the eve of the probable election of the first female president.
Anthony is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, and ever since early voting started, people have been honoring her by placing their ‘I Voted’ stickers on her grave.
Women are flocking to Susan B Anthony's NY State gravesite, leaving their "I Voted" stickers on headstone, in honor of historic election pic.twitter.com/bXZTjrdCKD
— Tamala Edwards (@TamEdwards6abc) November 8, 2016
In fact, the crowds have become so huge that the cemetery had to extend visiting hours. This has been going on since the primaries. Uproxx reports that according to the Susan B Anthony House and Museum executive director Deborah Hughes:
“Of course, Susan would be the first person to tell us it wasn’t done by one person at all; there were so many involved in the movement. People are connecting on a very real emotional level with that sense of gratitude and progress.”
Nice. As a female-looking creature, I am also glad that I got to vote in #Hellection2016. Also glad I’m not chained to a stove popping out kids for some drunk man that beats me. What a wonderful world it is. First lady president. Too bad she’s actually probably 10,000 lizards.
Susan B Anthony's tombstone at 9:15. And the people keep coming. #Vote2016 pic.twitter.com/zBG22YymHe
— Ashley Doerzbacher (@AshleyD_News) November 8, 2016
People began lining up outside Mt Hope cemetery in #rochester before 6 am. Want to pay respects to Susan B Anthony #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/FpzsUCu0ea
— NYup.com (@newyorkupstate) November 8, 2016
Dumbasses. Nothing says respect that sticking stickers on a grave. smfh.