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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was a a leading figure in the woman suffrage movemnet. After the Senca Falls convention of 1848, women wanted to have a voice in the government. Susan B. Anthony helped found the National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA). -
Illegal Voting
Susan B. Anthony, along with other women, tested the the fourteenth amendment stateing that male citizens have the right to vote. The women felt they had the right to vote because they were citizens as well. In 1871 many women voted regardless of the fact that they were not allowed to. This was a crutial step in the Women's Suffrage Movement. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
many reformers felt that morality was essential to the lives of low class people. These reformers believed in prohibition, the banning of alcoholic beverages. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was a prohibitionist group in 1874. The WCTU entered saloons, sang, prayed, and urged saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol in order to let their voices be heard. This event was a key stepping stone in the Women's Suffrage movement because it allowed women to have more of a voice in government. -
NAWSA Formed
in 1890, the National Women Suffrage Association, lead by Susan B. Anthony, united with another group of women resulting in the National American Women Suffrage Association. This signifigant act caused the women's group to grow and therefore have a bigger voice and impact. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
Carrie Chapman Catt was the NAWSA president after Susan B. Anthony. She spent most of her time on five tactics: organization, close ties between workers, attaining a wide base of support, lobbying, and ladylike behavior. there was a great amont of failures with theese tactics, but there were also a few victories. This caused some members to form their own more radical plan. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment was passed granting women the right to vote. The Nineteenth Amendment was passed 72 years after the Seneca Falls convention in 1848.
