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Susan B. Anthony
She was a leading proponent of women suffrage, also known as the right to vote. -
Women Lead Reform
It brought the United States closer to Women's Suffrage because women started working in high education. -
Illegal Voting
Uneducated laborers started efforts to reform workplace health and safety. The participate of educated women often strengthened existing reform groups and provided leadership for new ones. Because women were not allowed to vote or run for office, women reformers strove to improve conditions at work and home. Their "social housekeeping" targeted workplace reform, housing reform, educational improvement, and food and drug laws. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
It stands for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and it spearheaded the crusade for prohibition. Members advanced their cause by entering saloons, singing, praying, and urging saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol. As the momentum grew, the Union was transformed by Frances Willard from a small midwestern religious group in 1879 to a national organization. -
Women in the Work Force
Women also began to fill new jobs in offices, stores, and classrooms and these jobs required a high school graduation. -
NAWSA Formed
In 1869 Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had founded the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA), whiched united with another group in 1890 to become the National American Women Suffrage Association, or NAWSA. Other prominant leaders included Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe, the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
