The women began a reform movement before the outbreak of the Civil War to abolish slavery, specifically in the meeting Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The first state to grant women the right to vote Wyoming In 1869. Leaders in the western states and territories argued that granting female suffrage would pull new residents to the West. There was a split in the women's rights until the founding of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1890. It worked for this organization for the benefit of women, and many social, political issues and most famous leaders Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others. The first important issues for (NAWSA) a good government, better child care, and prohibition
