ROCHESTER, N.Y. – After Hillary Clinton was nominated as the first major-party woman candidate for president, Mayor Lovely Warren said thank you. 
 
 Her gratitude was to Susan B. Anthony, the Rochester suffragist who spent her life trying to get women the right to vote. 
 
 "Dear Susan B:," a sign says next to Anthony's grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester. "We thought you might like to know that for the first time in history, a woman is running for president representing a major party. 
 
 "144 years ago your illegal vote got you arrested. It took another 48 years for women to finally gain the right to vote. Thank you for paving the way." 
 
 On Twitter, Warren, a Democrat who is the first female mayor of Rochester, is inviting people to stop by the graveside and co-sign the letter. 
 
 Stop by #ROC's Mt. Hope Cemetery to sign Mayor Warren's thank you letter to Susan B. Anthony. #womenshistory pic.twitter.com/ZQ6BGfXLPO — City of Rochester NY (@CityRochesterNY) July 27, 2016 
 
 Anthony's grave is often the site of voting celebration. This spring, many people left their "I voted" stickers on the grave. 
 
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 July 28, 2016 06:39 PM 
 
 The mayor’s office has set up a thank you letter next to Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite. 
 
 The sign thanks Anthony for paving the way to the historic nomination of Hillary Clinton. Clinton is the first woman to be named as a presidential nominee by a major party.
– A letter of thanks has been left at the New York state grave of suffragette Susan B. Anthony following Hillary Clinton's historic nomination, New York Upstate reports. The sign was left by Lovely Warren, the current—and first female—mayor of Rochester, according to WHEC. Anthony, who was from Rochester, led the fight to get women the vote. The letter, which visitors to the grave are invited to sign, reads: "Dear Susan B: We thought you might like to know that for the first time in history, a woman is running for President representing a major party. 144 years ago your illegal vote got you arrested. It took another 48 years for women to finally gain the right to vote. Thank you for paving the way.”