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Susan B. Anthony
Co-founder of the National Women Suffrage Association, Anthony had a postive view of womanhood from her teacher, Mary Perkins. Later in her life when Anthony was caught illegally voting, she was fined $100, but never paid it. -
Illegal Voting
Susan B. Anthony along with other women attempted to illegally vote over 150 times in ten different states. When in court, The Supreme Court ruled that in fact they were citizens, but citizenship did not automatically give the right to vote. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
Prhibitionist believed that the banning of alcholic beverages was a way to uplift citizen's morals. Woman's Christian Temperance Union members would walk into a saloon and tell the the keepers to quit selling alchol. Carry Nation would take it a step further by breaking bottles with her hatchet. -
NAWSA Formed
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton co founded the National Women Suffrage Association (later became National American Woman Suffrage Association). -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
When Catt returned to the NAWSA after organizing New York's Women Suffrage Party, she brought in new tactics. 1. Painstaking organization. 2. Close ties between local, state, and national workers. 3. Establishing a wide base of support. 4. Cautious lobbying, 5. Gracious, ladylike behavior. -
19th Amendment
After years of effort and the support and involvement of World War 1, (going to committees, knitting sicks for soldiers, and liberty bonds) women finally claimed their overdue reward of the 19th Amendent, which gave them the right to vote.
