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Susan B. Anthony
She once said, "I woudl sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not for women." She was angry because the right for African Americans to vote was granted, but not for women. Susan voted illegally though. Her and other women attempted to vote at least 150 times in ten states. The supreme court ruled that women were citizens, but denied them the right to vote still. -
Illegal Voting
The Supreme Court knew that even though women were citizens, they still couldn't have the right to vote. What Susan Anthony did was illegal ,but she did it anyways. They thought that voting illegally would bring it to the Supreme Courts attention. But they still didn't ge the right to vote. -
Carry Nation and the WCTU
The WCTU is the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It grew into a national organization transformed by Frances Willard. They entered saloons, sang, prayed, and urged people to stop selling alcohol. -
NAWSA Formed
NAWSA is the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had founded the assosiation. Other leaders included Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe. They wanted the right to vote. -
Carrie Chapman Catt and New NAWSA Tactics
Carrie was president of NAWSA. She concentrated on 5 tactics:
1. Painstaking organization
2.Close ties between local, state, and national workers
3.Establishing a wide base of support
4. Cautios lobbying
5. Gracious, laydylike behavior. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment granted the women the right to vote. It won final ratification in August 1920.
