The American Woman Suffrage Association was a single-issue national organization formed in 1869 to work for women's suffrage in the United States. The AWSA lobbied state governments to enact laws gran
Lucy Stone, the founder of the American Woman's Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
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Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she col
American Woman Suffrage Association
…the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). The new organization, called the National American Woman Suffrage Association, was initially led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who had been the leaders of the NWSA. Following the Civil War, in 1866, leaders of the abolition and suffrage movements…
Anthony in 1890
Anthony in 1848; at age 28
Letter by Anthony to US Congress in favor of Women's Suffrage
Cover of Life magazine in 1913. Titled "Ancient History", it shows an Anthony-like figure in classical dress leading a protest for women's rights.