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Susan B. Anthony
Created the NWSA (National Woman Suffrage Movement) with Elizabeth Stanton. Susan was a leading proponent of woman's suffrage. -
Illegal Voting
Susan B. Anthony and other women tried to vote at least 150 times in 1871 and 1872 in the District of Colombia, the government responded with the fact that women ARE citizens. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
Carry Nation and Prohibitionists went to saloons and smashed liquor bottles and scolded those who drink in an effort to stop the use of alcohol in America and improve the private actions of people.The WCTU also fought against saloons, and their sale of alcohol. -
NAWSA Formed
The National American Woman Suffrage Association was the newer form of the NWSA, a group fighting for Women's Suffrage. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
Carrie Chapman Catt provided a rebirth to the national women's suffrage movement along with the help of local groups, intensifying their demand for suffrage. She began to find sucess in 1915. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was passed in 1919, and granted woment the right to vote. The amendment won final ratification in 1920; 72 years after women first began to demand the right to vote in 1848.
