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The National American Woman Suffrage Association, not the National Woman's Party, was decisive in Wilson's conversion to the cause of the federal amendment because its approach mirrored his own conservative vision of the appropriate method of reform: win a broad consensus, develop a legitimate rationale, and make the issue politically valuable.
American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), created in 1869. [1] [2] College Equal Suffrage League. [3] Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. [4] Equal Franchise Society. [5] The Men's League. [6] National American Suffrage Association (NWSA). [1] National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), created in 1890 through the merger of AWSA ...
The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company. Petrash, Antonia (2013). ... American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with over 1,400 ...
1861–1865: The American Civil War.Most suffragists focus on the war effort, and suffrage activity is minimal. [3]1866: The American Equal Rights Association, working for suffrage for both women and African Americans, is formed at the initiative of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize– their goals.
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), led by Lucy Stone, tended to work more for suffrage at the state level. [2] They merged in 1890 as the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). [3] Prospects for a national amendment looked dim at the turn of the century, and progress at the state level had slowed. [4]
Around the same time, there was also another group of women who supported the 15th amendment and they called themselves American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). The American Women Suffrage Association was founded by Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who were more focused on gaining access at a local level. [52] The ...