Chapter 18 Section 4

Suffrage at Last

Civil Disobedience

• A nonviolent refusal to obey the law in order to change it

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

• Organization formed in 1890 to continue the pursuit of women’s rights, especially the right to vote

Congressional Union

• Radical organization formed in 1913 and led by Alice Paul that campaigned for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women’s suffrage

How did the NAWSA and the Congressional Union differ in their tactics?

• The CU was aggressive and militant and wanted new state suffrage organizations

• The NAWSA opposed the CU, fearing the CU would alienate moderate supporters

• The NAWSA worked with old state organizations toward a federal suffrage amendment

Describe how Anthony and Stanton worked together to lead the suffrage movement.

• They founded the American Equal Rights Association; published The Revolution; worked for a voting rights constitutional amendment; formed the NAWSA

Why was the suffrage movement in need of new leadership after the turn of the century?

• Suffrage efforts were failing

• Stanton and Anthony died

• New momentum had to be created

How did the passage of the 19th Amendment come about?

• Women in voluntary organizations and unions began to demand the right to vote

• They pressed for a constitutional amendment and for individual states to allow women to vote

• Ratification came in 1920

Why did the passage of the 19th Amendment take so long?

• Widely help attitudes about the role of women

• Loss of momentum in the suffrage movement

• The amendment bill was stalled in Congress