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After theSeneca Falls convention of 1848, women split over the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, which granted equal rights including the right to vote to African American men, but excluded women. the Anthony was a leading proponent of wonen's suffrage. In 1869, alongisde Elisabeth Cady Stanton, they formed the National Women's Suffrage Associatoni (NWSA)
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Susan B. Anthony and other woment attempted to vote 150 times in 10 states.
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The Womesn's Christian Temperage Union was a large advocate in the prohibition. They would enter sallons and sing, pray, and urge the storeowners to stop sellng alcohol. By 1911, this union had 245,000 members. This helped women gain voting right because they were supporting something that most people could agree on, and the people suppoerted the women.
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Was origionally the NWSA, but in 1890 they joined with another group to form the NAWSA.
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They focused on five new tactics during this time; painstaking organization, close ties between local, state, and national workers, establishing a wide base of support, cautious lobbying, and gracious, ladylike behavior.
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Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The amendment won final ratification in August 1920.
