<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4HxVV8_1GvPhE4f00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4HxVV8_1GvPhE4f00" width="1280" height="720" >ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Tucked down a path inside the Mount Hope cemetery in Rochester sits one headstone, a little more decorated than the rest.It’s become a tradition almost as important as casting the ballot, voters coming out here to place their sticker on Susan B. Anthony’s grave. Voters like Terri D’Agostino, who’s no stranger to paying tribute to the suffragist. “I waited two hours when we though Hilary Clinton was going to take the presidency," said D’Agostino. “We like to come thank her for what she did." Others like Mike Palanski said they have daughters and wanted to reflect on the results. “Just amazing to see the results and how it reflects all of us, especially women. This felt like the place to be," said Palanski. One of the pioneers of women’s suffrage movement, Anthony spent most of her political life in Rochester. Now, the National Susan B. Anthony Museum &amp; House serves as a voting site in Monroe County. “We hope that really completes the circle so that people can come and vote in Susan B. Anthony’s backyard and then go and place their sticker on her grave to say thank you," said Allison Hinman, the president and CEO of the museum and house.For the first time, more than 100 women will serve in the House of Representatives. Voters in 17 states elected a female governor, setting a record in Tuesday’s election. “Representation really matters. And making sure that you feel heard and seen. Right. And the more represented we are then then, the more we're able to solve problems amidst all of our differences," said Dr. Ricky Price. Price, a political science professor at St. John Fisher University, says Tuesday’s elections show the rise of women in top political offices. “I think the South Carolina race is evidence that we've also seen during the Trump years large growth for women in republican seats," said Price. “I think that was expected with Graham. But then that going to a Democratic woman speaks to the growth that women have made in both parties.”“This is what she hoped for. I think she and women like Ida B. Wells, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Church Terrell, this is what they hoped for, that women would have opportunity and could be in the same spaces as men," said Hinman. Anthony and her sister Mary’s gravestones are covered in a plastic sleeve, so the stickers don’t damage them. Staff at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum &amp; House say they’ve started seeing this trend happening at the graves of other suffragists across the country. </div></body>

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Tucked down a path inside the Mount Hope cemetery in Rochester sits one headstone, a little more decorated than the rest. It’s become a tradition almost as important as casting the ballot, voters coming out here to place their sticker on Susan B. Anthony’s grave.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Tucked down a path inside the Mount Hope cemetery in Rochester sits one headstone, a little more decorated than the rest. It’s become a t

Midterm voters continue tradition of honoring suffragists

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