Susan B. Anthony’s Grave Hours Extended During Election

The visiting hours on Susan B. Anthony’s grave have been extended for the crowds that have gathered there during this monumental day. The women’s suffrage activist is drawing many female voters, who are marking the occasion by paying tribute to Anthony.

For those who wish to celebrate casting their vote, Anthony’s gravesite will be open until the polls close in Rochester, NY. Even though this is the first presidential election in history to have a woman on the ballot, it is not the first time Anthony’s gravesite has been commemorated by voters.

For many years, voters have left their “I Voted Today” stickers on the grave on Election Day, according to the Mount Hope Cemetery Facebook page. As the gravesite is in an older area of the cemetery, visitors are asked to be respectful.

Anthony is not the only person, or suffragist, to get attention on Election Day. There are many images online of the gravesite of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who founded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Anthony.

The feminine name Susan is the English version of Susanna, which is from the name Sousanna that is the Greek version of the Hebrew name Shoshannah. The Hebrew name was derived from the Hebrew word shoshan that means “lily”, “rose” in modern Hebrew, or even “lotus” from Egyptian.

The name Susan has been commonly used since the 18th century to honor a heroine from the Old Testament. It became even more popular after the Protestant Reformation as an English name.