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Carry Nation and the WCTU
Carry Nation was an active memebr in the Women's Christian Temperance Movement (WCTU). Their goal was to persuade all states to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages. She wrote her autobiography, The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation, to publicize her campaign. -
Secena Falls
This was a convention where women discussd the amendments and discussed women's right to vote. -
Illegal Voting
Many women illegally voted by dressing up as men. The workers at the polls usually didn't stop then, that way they had a reason to arrest the women. -
NAWSA Formed
Susan B. Anthony founded the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA), which united with another group in 1890 to become the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NASWA). They tried to gain women's suffrage. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
Carrie Chapman used five new tactics to help with the national movement. 1. painstaking organization; 2. close ties between local, state, and national workers; 3. establishing a wide base of support; 4. coutious lobbying; and 5. gracious, ladylike behavior. After failures, some suffragists took more radical tactis, such as pressuring the government and strikes. -
19th Amendment
This amendment gave women the right to vote.