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Susan B. Anthony
She was born into a strict Quaker family were she was not allowed to enjoy typical childhood entertainment such as music, games, and toys. She is a leading proponent of woman suffrage. She said, "I would sooner cut off my right hang than ask the ballot for the black man and not for women." -
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Women's Suffrage
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Illegal Voting
In 1871 and 1872, Susan B. Anthony and other women tested the question, "Weren't women citizens, too?" by attempting to vote at least 150 times in ten states and the District of Columbia. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
Carry Nation worked for prohibtion by walking into saloons, scolding the customers, and using her hatchet to destroy bottles of liquor. The WCTU reform activities, like those of the settlement-house movement, provided women with expanded public roles, which they used to justify giving women voting rights. -
NAWSA Formed
In 1869 Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had founded the National Women Suffrage Association (NWAS), which united with another group in 1890 to become the National American Woman Suffrage Association, or NAWSA. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
When Carrie Chapman Catt returned to NAWSA after organizing New York's Women Suffrage Party, she concentrated on five tactics: pianstaking organization; close ties between local, state, and national workers; establishing a wide base of support; cautious lobbying; and gracious, ladylike behavior. -
19th Amendment
In 1919, Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The amendment won final ratification in August 1920-72 years after women had first convened and demanded the vote at the Seneca Falls convention in 1848.
