National Women Suffrage Association Analysis

The above excerpt is reflective of how a somewhat localized women's association expanded to become more professional and organizational. For instance, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton both knew that directing only a portion of the funds towards women's suffrage would connote only minimal success. That is according to suffragist Lucy Stone "there would be plenty of helpers if there was plenty of money to pay" (MindEdge, 2015, p. 2-2, block 4). In other words, the more funding for speakers and organizers for the cause the greater of an impact towards women winning the right to vote. The progressive theory exerted by Anthony and Stanton to maintain the 'power of the purse' allowed them to merge their National Women Suffrage Association …show more content…
Formally the incorporation of NWSA and AWSA in 1890 became the National American Women Suffrage Association or NAWSA. Thus, the institutionalization of women's groups was fueled by the unification of NWSA and AWSA to influence power with advancing membership of higher class citizens. First off, the women's suffrage movement was a social movement that progressed from a minority of committed citizens to a broader more sizable public consensus. In this way, it represents the state-wide groups of the NWSA and AWSA to form the NAWSA. Such public awareness and consensus garnered the support of the revolutionary groups like the National Women's Party. It is as Professor of English Katherine Adams (2008, as cited in MindEdge, 2015, p. 1-2, block 4) points out that the "[Women's Party protests] were significant contributory causes