key facts/dates

Question 1

1866

Answer 1

american equal rights association (AERA) founded by susan b anthony & elizabeth cady stanton

Question 2

1848

Answer 2

first convention to discuss female suffrage in seneca falls, new york

Question 3

effect of seneca falls convention

Answer 3

placed issue of suffrage into wider context

Question 4

1874

Answer 4

founding of women’s christian temperance union (WCTU)

Question 5

growth of WCTU by 1880

Answer 5

national organisation in 24 states with membership of 27,000 women

Question 6

membership of WCTU in 1880s and 1920

Answer 6

1880s = 168,000 members
1920 = 800,000 members

Question 7

leader of WCTU

Answer 7

frances willard

Question 8

1869

Answer 8

• susan b anthony & elizabeth cady stanton formed national woman suffrage association (NWSA)
• lucy stone & julia ward howe formed rival organisation american woman suffrage association (AWSA)

Question 9

effect of formation of NWSA & AWSA

Answer 9

= weakened divide of suffrage association as strategies/aims were different

• NWSA campaigned for national change
• AWSA aimed for women to vote in individual states for state legislatures

Question 10

1890

Answer 10

NWSA & AWSA merged to form national american woman suffrage association (NAWSA)

Question 11

when did wyoming & utah grant the right to vote to some women

Answer 11

wyoming = 1869
utah = 1870