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Seneca Falls Convention
Women split over the 14th and 15th Amendments, which granted equal rights including the right to vote to African American men, but excluded women. Out of this, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Women Suffrage Association, which united with another group in 1890 to become the National American Suffrage Association (NAWSA). -
Wyoming
The suffragist leaders tried to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote. They achieved a victory in this state -
Illegal Voting
Susan B. Anthony voted illegally in the presidential election of 1872 and was fined $100 at her trial. She never paid the fine (because she's just gangster like that). -
Supreme Court Decision
In 1871-1872, Susan and other women tested that question by attempting to vote at least 150 times in 10 states and the District of Columbia. They ruled that women were already citizens but then denied that citizenship automatically conferred the right to vote. -
NAWSA Formed
This was founded for women's suffrage and the right to vote in America. This was founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Julia Ward Howe -
Carrie Champan Catt
President of NAWSA who served from 1900 to 1904 and resumed her presidency in 1915. Concentrated on 5 tactics, 1) strict organization ; 2) close ties between local, state, and national workers ; 3) establishing a wide and varying base of support ; 4) careful lobbying ; and 5) nice, ladylike behavior -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
This is a tragic event where 146 young women died from a fire and from jumping out of the burning building in New York City. Dangerous conditions like these led many female industrial workers to push for reforms. -
New NAWSA Tactics
5 tactics, 1) strict organization ; 2) close ties between local, state, and national workers ; 3) establishing a wide and varying base of support ; 4) careful lobbying ; and 5) nice, ladylike behavior