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Illegal Voting
In 1871, and 1872 many women decided to vote in elections illegaly over 10 states and Washington D.C. despite the court ruling them as not allowed to vote. -
Susan B. Anthony
After being brought up as a disciplined girl, she illeally voted in the 1872 presidential election. After her trial, she was fined $100 in which she refused to pay. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
Carry Nation felt that alcohol was causing men to beat their wives, so she went to bars to scold the customers, and destroy bottles of liqour with her hatchet -
NAWSA Formed
The National American Woman Suffrage Association was an orginization that called for equality in the country for women -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
Carrie Chapman Catt was Susan B. Anthony's successor as president of NAWSA, she concentrated on 5 tactics
1) painstaking orginization
2)close ties between local, state, and national workers
3)establishing a wide base of support
4)cautious lobbying
5)gracious, lady-like behaviour -
19th Amendment
On the 10th of Febuary 1919 the 19th amendment was voted on, and lost by one vote. It was voted on again in 1920, and passed. Allowing women the right to vote in the United States
