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this was pretty much the first womens convention to discuss voting rights. Women were split over the 14th and 15th Ammendments. some thought these ammendments should include women.
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tried to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote. achieved victory in territory of Wyoming.
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Susan B. Anthony and other women tested the question "werent women citizens too?", by attempting to vote at least 150 times in 10 states and the district of columbia.
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Susan B. Anthony and other women tested the question "werent women citizens too?", by attempting to vote at least 150 times in 10 states and the district of columbia.
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supreme court ruled that women were most definitely citizens, but then denied that citizenship automatically conferred the right to vote.
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NWSA associated with another group becoming the National Womens Suffrage Association. leaders included Lucy stone and Julia Ward.
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presidency of Carrie Chapman Catt for the NAWSA.
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Dangerous conditions, low wages, and long work hours led female workers to push for reform in the industry and ranks grew after 146 workers died in a fire in New York City.
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Carrie Chapman Catt concentrated on 5 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 -
lucy burns and alice paul formed their own and more radical tactics which by 1917 Alice paul had organized her followers to mount a round-the-clock picket line around the white house. some were arrested, jailed and even force-fed when they attempted a hunger strike.
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granted women the right to vote.
