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Susan B. Anthony
A leading proponent of womens suffrage. She also said " I would sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not for women. -
Illegal Voting
Susan B. Anthony and other women attempted to vote at least 150 times in 10 different states. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
The Womans Christian Temperance Union, members advanced their cause by entering saloons, singing, praying, and urging saloonkeepeers to stop selling alcohol. Francis willard transformaed the union and the members followed the "Do Everything" slogan and began opening kindergartens for immigrants, visiting inmates in prison and asylums, and working for suffrage. -
NAWSA
Became the National American Woman Suffrage Association when the NWSA formed with another group. Some of the leaders included Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
As the succesor of Susan as the president of the NAWSA Carrie concentrated on five tactics: Painstaking Organization; close ties between local, state, and national workers; establishing a wide base of support; cautious lobbying; and gracious, ladylike behavior. -
19th Amendment
Congress passes the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.