There were many organizations working to achieve voting rights for women. In , National American Woman Suffrage Association NAWSA was formed with the intention to lead this movement and to unify the efforts of many organizations working in this direction.
She made a link of suffrage with the efforts of women for the war service and created a public perception that all those who asked for the right to vote for women were actually patriots. NAWSA pushed for an amendment in the constitution to allow women suffrage, and it was because of the efforts of this organization that 19th amendment was carried out in that allowed women the right to vote.
Open Transcript. Visit our keyboard shortcuts docs for details Duration: 1 minute, 5 seconds Did you know? The National Woman's Party was not the largest or most prominent organization during the fight for women's right to vote.
Although Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt were both fighting for woman suffrage, they often fought each other as they worked for passage of the 19th Amendment. Whose side would you have been on?
Explore This Park. Black women insisted nonetheless on being included in the two mainstream organizations whenever possible. Even as they called for their own enfranchisement, Black women always advocated for the voting rights of Black men. Beyond disagreements on tactics, the two organizations were also at odds over a central question of strategy: whether to pursue votes for women state by state or fight for a federal amendment.
Both organizations eventually converged on the common cause of a constitutional amendment, but only after that goal had gained widespread momentum. The 19th Amendment was ultimately successful because of both of their efforts and because of the relentless work of many other allies in the struggle for equality.
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