National Woman Suffrage Association
The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed on May 15, 1869, to work for women's suffrage in the United States. Its main leaders were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was created after the women's rights movement split over the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which would in effect extend voting rights to black men. One wing of the movement supported the amendment while the other, the wing that formed the NWSA, opposed it, insisting that voting rights be extended to all women and all African Americans at the same time.
National Woman Suffrage Association
Constitution and officers of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1876
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony about 1870
Victoria Woodhull speaking before the House Judiciary Committee. Stanton, with white curls, is sitting directly behind her.
Women's suffrage in the United States
Women's suffrage, or the right to vote, was established in the United States over the course of more than half a century, first in various states and localities, sometimes on a limited basis, and then nationally in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Women's suffragists parade in New York City in 1917, carrying placards with the signatures of more than a million women.
Margaret Fuller
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucy Stone