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The progressives wanted to "progress", and women's sufferage was a huge factor they felt was holding them back. The goals of progressivists were to "end political corruption, improve the lives of individuals, and increase government intervention to protect citizens." SPECIFICS:
-For women to gain the right to vote- to be HEARD
-Women's healthcare & family size control
-Women to be educated
-Equal pay & opportunity between the 2 genders in the workforce
-Overall equality for women

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Susan B. Anthony (Pictured, Right)- She was a major women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Was the leader of NAWAS, and a major leader in the passing of the 19th
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Pictured, left)- A major women's sufferage activist alongside Susan B Anthony, helped pass the 29th, was an author & lecturer.
Margaret Sanger- Birth control advocate & sex educator, was a nurse. Believed in women's rights, pushed for birth control & women's health care, led to the modern-day birth control pill being created.
Emma Goldman- Emma Goldman was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a vital role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in the first half of the 20th century.
CC Catt- Carrie Chapman Catt was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave US women the right to vote in 1920. Catt served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1900 to 1904 and 1915 to 1920.
Mildred Moore- She coined the term industrial feminism in 1915, used to describe the spirit of working women's cause for economic freedom and equality. It also represented difficulties within relationships between men and women; particularly within marriage.
A paul- or Alice Paul was one of the most known women's activists in the 20th century during the women's suffrage movement. She really took charge of the right to vote. She was thrown into jail many times. She even led protests outside the white house

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-Gained the right to vote- 19th amendment
-Passing of "the pill" for birth control in the mid-1900s
-Were able to push for women health & prioritize it
-Employment rates for women went up
-Women were elected into office
- Creation of the National Women's Party & NAWAS

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Mostly republicans voted for women's rights, so eventually they started to target the democrats as well

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Article about Alice Paul- Women suffrage activist

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the NWSA and the AWSA merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) with Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Women suffragist are sent to jail during WWI

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- Greater access to education
- More equitable pay with men,
- The right to initiate divorce proceedings
- The right of women to make individual decisions regarding pregnancy
- The right to own property.

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https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/progressive-era-to-new-era-1900-1929/womens-suffrage-in-progressive-era/
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-monroecc-americangovernment/chapter/the-fight-for-womens-rights/
https://tavaana.org/en/case-studies/1960s-70s-american-feminist-movement-breaking-down-barriers-women
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-passes-the-19th-amendment

https://www.loc.gov/collections/women-of-protest/articles-and-essays/historical-overview-of-the-national-womans-party/

http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/nawsa-united

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The two competing national suffrage organizations-the National Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association-lasted over two decades. Suffragists worked to mend the split from the start, but were unsuccessful. Alice Stone Blackwell, the daughter of the American association leader Lucy Stone, spearheaded successful negotiations to merge the two groups in 1890.

For the first time, suffragists united behind a single national organization: the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Elizabeth Cady Stanton became the president of the new group, though she did not like the administrative duties of the office. Susan B. Anthony largely led NAWSA during Stanton's presidency (1890-1892) and her own (1892-1900). Anthony groomed protégées before she resigned, including Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Howard Shaw. Catt held office from 1900 to 1904, and Shaw led NAWSA from 1904 to 1915. Catt regained the office of president in 1915 and held it through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

NAWSA coordinated the national suffrage movement. The group was made up of local and state groups throughout the United States. Member dues funded annual conventions where suffragists met to discuss campaigns. Women like Rachel Foster Avery circulated newsletters with the latest suffrage updates. NAWSA had local and national press committees that wrote pro-suffrage articles published in newspapers around the country.

Not everyone was able to participate in NAWSA. Although NAWSA did not exclude African American women from membership at the national level, state and local organizations could and did choose to exclude them. Conventions held in Southern cities like Atlanta (in 1895) and New Orleans (in 1903) were segregated. NAWSA also required black women to march separately during its 1913 parade in Washington, DC. Even within this socially progressive movement, racism persisted.

By Allison Lange, Ph.D.
Fall 2015

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National American Woman Suffrage Association - History of U.S. Woman's Suffrage

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The two competing national suffrage organizations-the National Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association-joined in 1890 to become the National American Woman Suffrage Associatin. Alice Stone Blackwell, the daughter of the American association leader Lucy Stone, spearheaded successful negotiations to merge the two groups.