The National Woman Suffrage Association also known as the NWSA, was founded in 1869 by two women named Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This association was founded for the sole purpose of allowing women to have more rights, such as voting. The association, on numerous occasions, would begin public debates on many issues including marriage and divorce. By the time the NWSA had reunited with its’ sister foundation, The American Woman Suffrage Association in 1890, the group of women had expanded its ranks to a very large number. (Encyclopedia Britannica Online).
The founder of the NWSA, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York. Elizabeth started off her life a daughter of a lawyer who had always …show more content…
Anthony, was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts to a Quaker family. Susan was the second oldest of eight children to a cotton mill owner and his wife, only six of which made it to adulthood (Bio.com). Later in her life, Susan’s father’s business failed so she returned home to help her family get back on their feet, where she found work as a teacher. In the mid 1840s, Susan and her family packed up and moved to Rochester, New York, where they got involved in a fight to end slavery. After being the head of an academy called Canajoharie Academy for two years, Susan devoted her life to social issues. In the early 1850s, Susan met Elizabeth Cady Stanton at an anti slavery conference …show more content…
In the year of 1890 three big events happened that would impact the fight for women’s rights (Education & Resources.org). These events included: Wyoming being admitted to the Union with a state constitution granting women 's suffrage, The American Federation of Labor declared support for woman suffrage, and lastly, the South Dakota campaign for woman suffrage lost. Also starting in the 1890s and lasting to 1925, was the Progressive Era (Education & Resources.org). The Progressive Era would allow women from all classes and backgrounds to enter into public life and would also allow women’s roles to expand. In 1895 an event took place that people may call drastic, this event occurred when Elizabeth Cady Stanton publishes The Woman’s Bible. After the publication, the NAWSA moved to distance itself from Stanton because many suffragists considered her to be too radical and potentially may become harmful to the suffrage campaign (Education &
The founder of the NWSA, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York. Elizabeth started off her life a daughter of a lawyer who had always …show more content…
Anthony, was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts to a Quaker family. Susan was the second oldest of eight children to a cotton mill owner and his wife, only six of which made it to adulthood (Bio.com). Later in her life, Susan’s father’s business failed so she returned home to help her family get back on their feet, where she found work as a teacher. In the mid 1840s, Susan and her family packed up and moved to Rochester, New York, where they got involved in a fight to end slavery. After being the head of an academy called Canajoharie Academy for two years, Susan devoted her life to social issues. In the early 1850s, Susan met Elizabeth Cady Stanton at an anti slavery conference …show more content…
In the year of 1890 three big events happened that would impact the fight for women’s rights (Education & Resources.org). These events included: Wyoming being admitted to the Union with a state constitution granting women 's suffrage, The American Federation of Labor declared support for woman suffrage, and lastly, the South Dakota campaign for woman suffrage lost. Also starting in the 1890s and lasting to 1925, was the Progressive Era (Education & Resources.org). The Progressive Era would allow women from all classes and backgrounds to enter into public life and would also allow women’s roles to expand. In 1895 an event took place that people may call drastic, this event occurred when Elizabeth Cady Stanton publishes The Woman’s Bible. After the publication, the NAWSA moved to distance itself from Stanton because many suffragists considered her to be too radical and potentially may become harmful to the suffrage campaign (Education &