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Susan B. Anthony
At an early age, Anthony developed a postivie view of womanhood from her teacher who taught at her home. After voting illegally in the presidential eleciton of 1872, she was fined $100. She never paid the fine.She wanted to push the rights for women to vote legally, but it took almost 41 years for the whole country to allow women to vote. -
Illegal Voting
In 1871 adn 1872, Susan B. Anthony and other women tested that question by attempting to vote at least 150 times in ten states and the Distric of Columbia. The Supreme court ruled in 1875 that women wwere indeed citizens-but then denied that citizenship automatically conferred the right to vote. -
Carry Nation an the WCTU
This women worked for prohibition by wallking into saloons and breaking bottles of liquor with her hatchet and scolding the customers. She did this because she believed alcohol was ruining the familys asnd was undermining American Morals. The WCTU became the largest women's group in the Nations history by 1911. -
NAWSA Formed
NAWSA stands for Natioinal American Woman Suffrage Associtation. Woman suffrage faced constant oppositin. The liquor industry feared that women would vote in support of prohibition, while the textile industry worried that women would vote for restrictions on child labor. Many men just worried about changing the role of women in society. -
Carrie Chapman CAtt and New NAWSA Tactics
President of NAWSA was Carrie Chapman Catt, who served from 1990 to 1904 and resumed the presidency in 1915. When she returned to NAWSA she concentrated on 5 tactics. 1) Painstaking Organizations; 2) Close ties between local, state, and national workers; 3) A wide base of support; 4) Cautious Lobbying, and 5) Ladylike behavior. -
19th Amendment
Congress passed the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The amendment won final ratification in August 1920-72 years after women had first convended and demanded the vote at the Seneca Falls convention in 1848.
