Unclesam women

Women's Suffrage

  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony
    The 14th and 15h Admendments included the right for African American voting but excluded women to vote still. Susan said, " I would sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not for women.
  • Illegal Voting

    Illegal Voting
    Susan B. Anthony and other women tested that question by attempting to vote at least 150 times in ten states and the district of columbia.
  • Carry Nation and the WCTU

    Carry Nation and the WCTU
    Spearheaded the crusade for prohibtion. Members advanced their cause by entering saloons, singing, praying, and urging saloonkeepers to stop selling alcholic beverages.
  • NAWSA Formed

    NAWSA Formed
    Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had founded the NWSA which united with another group to form the NAWSA. (National American Women Suffrage Association)
  • Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics

    Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
    Catt concentrated on 5 tactics for NAWSA, 1. Painstaking organization; 2. Close ties between local, state, and national workers; 3. Establishing a wide state of support; 4. Cautious lobbying; 5. Gracious, ladylike behavior.
  • 19th Admendment

    19th Admendment
    Granting women the right to vote. It took 72 Years to finallybecome legal.