4. suffrage organisations Flashcards
National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA)
when?
1869
National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA)
led by?
Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA)
membership?
restricted to women
National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA)
campaigned for
Campaign for national change
Opposed male domination in a number of spheres
American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA)
whos rival
NWSA
American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA)
led by?
Led by Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe
American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA)
membership?
Membership allowed men
American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA)
aim?
Aim to get women voting in individual states for state legislatures
One issue organisation
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
when?
why?
1890
NWSA and AWSA merged Splits weakened cause
Many women put energy into temperance and social reform as an alternative
Divisions in aims and methods a major factor in weakening movements