Women's Suffrage Movement

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  • Susan B. Anthony

    A leading proponent of women suffrage. • After the Seneca Falls Convention women split over the 14th & 15th amendments, which granted equal rights including the right to vote to African American men, but excluded women. • In 1869 Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Women Suffrage Association.

  • Illegal Voting

    Susan B Anthony and other women attempted to vote at least 150 times in 10 states and the District of Columbia.

  • Carry Nation and the WCTU

    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

    National American Woman Suffrage Act- NWSA untied with a group to form NAWSA.National American Woman Suffrage Act- NWSA untied with a group to form NAWSA.

  • Carrie Chapman Cat and New NAWSA Tactics

    • Catt became president of NAWSA• 5 tactics:o Painstaking organizationo Close ties between local, state, and national workerso Establishing a wide base of supporto Cautious lobbyingo Gracious, ladylike behavior

  • 19th Amendment

    Congressed passed amendment allowing women the right to vote.