WASHINGTON — Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump said Tues­day he will par­don Susan B. Antho­ny, a leader in the women’s suf­frage move­ment, who was arrest­ed for vot­ing in 1872 in vio­la­tion of laws per­mit­ting only men to vote.

Antho­ny is best known for her role in the move­ment to secure vot­ing rights for women, but she also was a strong anti-slav­ery and vot­ing rights pioneer.

Trump’s par­don, which he said he’ll issue lat­er Tues­day, comes 100 years after the rat­i­fi­ca­tion of the 19th Amend­ment, which ensured women the right to vote. It’s also known as the Susan B. Antho­ny Amendment.

His move also comes amid an out­cry over Postal Ser­vice dis­rup­tions that Democ­rats say endan­ger the vot­ing rights of mil­lions of Amer­i­cans who would vote by mail in Novem­ber amid the pan­dem­ic. Trump has denied ask­ing for the mail to be delayed even as he lev­eled fresh crit­i­cism on mail-in voting.

Antho­ny was arrest­ed for vot­ing in her home­town of Rochester, New York, and con­vict­ed in a wide­ly pub­li­cized tri­al. Although she refused to pay the fine, the author­i­ties declined to take fur­ther action.

The 19th Amend­ment states that “The right of cit­i­zens of the Unit­ed States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the Unit­ed States or by any State on account of sex.” Con­gress passed it in 1919, and the amend­ment was rat­i­fied on Aug. 18, 1920.

Vis­it­ing Anthony’s grave site in Rochester on Elec­tion Day has become a pop­u­lar rit­u­al in recent years. Thou­sands turned out in 2016 for the pres­i­den­tial match-up between Trump and Hillary Clin­ton. In 2018, vot­ers showed up by the dozens to put their “I Vot­ed” stick­ers on her headstone.