Susan and Elizabeth formed the National Woman Suffrage Association, open to women only. Their goal was to add an amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote.
They published newspapers and books supporting their cause. The group also held state and national conventions to raise awareness of suffrage.
They founded the International Council of Women in 1888 and invited women from around the world to come together to discuss equality together. The meeting resulted in the formation of an even larger women's rights group, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Susan was elected the president of the group in 1892.
Susan B. Anthony founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). The document above was created by NAWSA in support of women's suffrage.
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Standards
- 5-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of American economic challenges in the 1920s and 1930s and world conflict in the 1940s.
- 5.2.E Evaluate multiple perspectives from the period, including the economic, political, and social impacts of World War I, the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the New Deal using primary and secondary sources.
- USHC.3.CE Assess the causes and effects of significant turning points in the Populist and Progressive era from 1877–1924.
