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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was a suffragist, abolionist, author and speaker. She one of the main reasons why woman are allowed to vote now. She was the president of the NAWSA. -
Illegal Voting
Suffragist leaders tried to convince legislatures to allow women the right to vote. In 1869, Wyoming allowed woman to vote. In the 1890s Utah, Colorado, and Idaho were allowing woman to vote. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
Carry Nation and the WCTU formed a union too try to get alcohol forbidden. She was arrested 30 times in 10 years for her and her union destroying things that she told them to destroy. Not only did they fight against alcohol, they also fought for health, prison reform, and world peace. -
NAWSA Formed
Formed in May 1890 was the main womens suffrage group in the late 1800s. Its strategy was to push the conflict to state level hoping that eventually it would become an Amendment. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and the New NAWSA Tactics
Carrie Catt was Susan B. Anthony's succesor as president of the NAWSA. She had went to New York and started New York's Women's Suffrage Party then came back to the NAWSA. She then focused on painstaking organization; close ties between local, state, and national workers; establishing a wide base of support; cautious lobbying; and gracious, ladylike behavior. -
19th Amendment
All the womens hard work paid off when eventually in 1919 the 19th Amendment was passed which allowed woman to vote.
