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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was a catalyst for the Women’s Rights Campaign, , stating that she’ would sooner cut off her right hand then to ask the ballot for the black man and not women.’ She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton also founded the National Women’s Suffrage Association (NWSA), in 1869, to earn the right to vote for women. -
Illegal Voting
As a tactic against the suffrage of women, many women, including Susan B. Anthony, attempted to illegally vote over 150 times in at least ten states, and the District of Columbia. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
Groups that wanted to outlaw alcoholic beverages, were known as Prohibitionists. Around 1874 prohibitionists were afraid that alcohol was damaging America’s reputation and morals, so they started to boycott and beg saloons and bars to stop selling alcohol. This crusade was led by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. As the movement spread across the country, the WCTU gained recognition and grew in size nationwide. -
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Women's Sufferage Timeline
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NAWSA Formed
By now we are aware what the NWSA is, but did you know it grew to become national? In 1890 it formed a merger with an even larger group of women, and eventually was named the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
You now know who Susan B. Anthony is and hat she did, but what happened to the NAWSA once she retired? No, women had still not gained voting rights, but they were getting a few steps closer. The NAWSA was taken over by a woman known as Carrie Chapman Catt. When she took over the group, she had five main tactics; painstaking organization; close ties between local, state, and national workeers.; establishing a wide base of support;cautious lobbying; and gracious ladylike behaviour. -
19th Amendment
All of the hard work finally paid off in 1919 when women were granted the right to vote, and it only took 72 years.