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Susan B. Anthony , a leading proponent of woman suffrage, the right to vote, said "I would sooner off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not for women."
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In most democracies, eligible voters can vote in elections of representatives. Voting on issues by initiative may be available in some jurisdictions but not others.
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Prohibitionst groups feard that alcohol was undermining American morals. Founded in Cleveland in 1874, the WCTU spearheaded the cause of prohibition.
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In 1869 Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had founded the NWSA which united with another group in 1890 to become the NAWSA.
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The increased activism of local groups, the use of bold new strategies to build enthusiam for the movement, and rebirth of the national movement under Carrie Chapman Catt
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The 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. The amendment won final ratification in August 1920-72 years after women had first convened and demanded the votes at the Seneca falls convention falls in 1848.
