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Susan B. Anthony
In 1869 Susan B. anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had founded the National Womans Suffrage Assostation (NWSA), which united with another group in 1890 to become the National American Woman Suffarge Association (NAWSA) -
Illegal Voting
The supreme court ruled in 1875 that woman were indeed citizens-but then denied that citizenship automatically conferred the right to vote. -
Carry the Nation and the WCTU
This issue resonated with many women because alcohol consumption often increased the frequency and severity of domestic violence and abuse. Although its focus was on temperance, under the leadership of Willard, the WCTU advocated a variety of social reforms, including woman suffrage. -
NAWSA formed
The NAWSA was the largest and most important suffrage organization in the United States, and was the primary promoter of women's right to vote. -
Carrie Chapman Cattand New NAWSA Tactics
led the cause and dominated the efforts to pass the 19th Amendment. She devoted 30 years of her 50 year public service career working for woman suffrage. -
19th amendment
he women's suffrage movement was founded in the mid-19th century by women who had become politically active through their work in the abolitionist and temperance movements. In July 1848, 240 woman suffragists, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, met in Seneca Falls, New York, to assert the right of women to vote.
