They stood vigil at the White House, demonstrating in silence six days a week for nearly three years. It lasted nearly three years.The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, sent this 1871 petition to Congress requesting that suffrage rights be extended to women and that women be heard on the floor of Congress.The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), founded by Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, sent this 1872 petition to Congress asking that women in DC and the territories be allowed to vote and hold office.This indictment charged Susan B. Anthony with "wrongfully and unlawfully" voting in the 1872 election in Rochester, NY, "being...a person of the female sex." "Be courteous, no matter what provocation you may seem to have to be otherwise.

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But those against the amendment managed to delay official ratification.

0000003236 00000 n More than 8,000 women marched in the nation’s largest parade in Washington D.C. Parades were one way the suffragists made their voice heard, and it was effective, since so many people could see it at once.

The AWSA concentrated on gaining women’s access to the polls at state and local levels, in the belief that victories there would gradually build support for national action on the issue. In 1917, Mary O. Stevens, a former Civil War nurse, sent this letter to Rep. Edwin Webb, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which held hearings on women's suffrage.There was strong opposition to enfranchising women. 0000025793 00000 n

0000008719 00000 n 0000006638 00000 n In 1870 this goal was partially realized when the 15th amendment to the Constitution, granting black men the right to vote, was ratified. 0000025624 00000 n One of the most consequential demonstrations was a march held in Washington, DC, on March 3, 1913. 0000004500 00000 n The Seneca Falls Convention produced a list of demands called the Declaration of Sentiments.

550 0 obj<>stream Frustrated with the suffrage movement’s leadership, Alice Paul had broken with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) to form the National Woman’s Party (NWP). She brought these tactics back to the U.S. suffrage movement, where she was instrumental in pushing the 19th Amendment over the finish line. Without the power of the ballot, how would they convince politicians to support women's suffrage?

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Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change in the Constitution – guaranteeing women the right to vote.

0000003555 00000 n With defeats far more numerous than victories, new voices had risen to champion new, more aggressive tactics, and the suffrage movement had … The Sentinels' treatment gained greater sympathy for women's suffrage, and the courts later dismissed all charges against them.When New York adopted woman suffrage in 1917 and President Woodrow Wilson changed his position to support an amendment in 1918, the political balance began to shift in favor of the vote for women. Stanton became its president; Anthony became its vice president; and Stone became chairman of the executive committee. Union for Woman Suffrage (CU) and the National Woman’s Party (NWP).

African American women organized women’s clubs across the country to advocate for suffrage, among other reforms.Some women fought for decades for the right to vote. Memorabilia, speeches, newspapers, women’s rights conventions, petitions, parades and public protests were some of the tactics used during the suffrage movement.

Wells, a pioneering journalist and anti-lynching advocate, helped found Chicago's Alpha Suffrage Club in 1913, which helped register thousands of black women to vote through on-the-ground canvasing efforts. Using a variety of tactics, the party successfully pressured President Woodrow Wilson, members of Congress, … She continued her work for women’s …

Paul’s radical tactics so offended the old guard that she broke off from NAWSA in 1916 to form the National Woman’s Party. Ida B. While a federal woman suffrage amendment was not their priority, an 1871 petition, asking that women in DC and the territories be allowed to vote and hold office, from AWSA leadership to Congress reveals its support for one.In 1890, the NWSA and AWSA merged into the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Marchers were instructed by parade organizers to walk with dignity and convey a serious, respectable demeanor compatible with that of a responsible voter.

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