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Susan B. Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony was an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the womens suffrage movement. Anthony traveled extensively in support of women's suffrage, giving as many as 75 to 100 speeches per year and working on many state campaigns. -
Illegal Voting
Women wanted to vote but it was illegal, so they did illegally. Susan B. Anthony voted and was put on trial for it. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
Carry Amelia Moore Nation was an American women who was a radical member of the temperence movement, which opposed alcohol. -
NAWSA Formed
NAWSA was an American women's rights organization formed in May 1890 as a unification of the National America womens suffrage association. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
The strategy of the newly formed organization was to push for the ratification of enough state suffrage amendments to force Congress to approve a federal amendment. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
