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Susan B. Anthony
After the Seneca Falls convention in 1848, women became very upset over African American men gaining the right to vote, but not women. Susan B. Anthony eventually went on to help create the NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association), a group that helped get women voting rights in many states. -
Illegal Voting
In 1871, Susan B. Anthony and other women attempted to vote at least 150 times in ten different states, including the District of Columbia. After being ruled by the Supreme Court in 1875 that the women were indeed citizens, they were still denied the right to vote. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
Members of the WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union) support the prohibition by going to saloons, praying, and urging the owners of the saloons to stop selling alcohol. One supporter in particular was quite adamant when it came to the prohibition - Carry Nation would walk into the saloons, scold the customers, and use a hatchet to destroy liquor bottles. -
NAWSA Formed
After forming the NWSA (National Women Suffrage Association) with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1869, Susan B. Anthony went on to join the group with another, forming the NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association). Other prominent leaders of the group included Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
Susan B. Anthony's successor as president of NAWSA was Carrie C. Catt, who served from 1900 to 1904 and resumed presidency in 1915. When Catt returned to NAWSA after organizing New York's Women Suffrage Party, she concentrated on five tactics: (1) painstaking organization; (2) close ties between local, state, and national workers; (3) establishing a wide base of support; (4) cautious lobbying; and (5) gracious, ladylike behavior. -
19th Amendment
In 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, granting all women the right to vote.
