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Bissell also opposed women’s suffrage for several reasons including ... This post was originally published on the National Museum of American History's blog on April 15, 2020.
At the 1911 meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), the membership elected Jane Addams as first vice president and Sophonisba Breckinridge as second vice president.
Ida B. Wells was in Washington, D.C., in 1913 for a parade of the National American Woman Suffrage Association when she learned that white organizers wanted Black women to march at the back so as ...
Then in 1912 he comes out for women's suffrage. Now the National American Women's Suffrage Association doesn't start fighting for a Constitutional amendment until really -- 'til 1913. And the ...
and only Congress can give this foundational American history the prominent place it has so long been denied. The 'Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act' will uphold the integrity of the ...
Lucy Burns is played in Suffs by Ally Bonino. Catt served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and played a pivotal role in securing the passage of the 19th ...
In its current form, the musical does a good job of introducing audiences to Carrie Chapman Catt, who led the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the successor to the groups founded by ...
But women living in these states and territories achieved suffrage long before it went national. One century ago, American women won the constitutional right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ...
Then in 1912 he comes out for women's suffrage. Now the National American Women's Suffrage Association doesn't start fighting for a Constitutional amendment until really -- 'til 1913. And the ...