[ad_1] The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association were formed in response to the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which did not include women’s right to vote. They later merged to become the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which was responsible for overseeing state and local branches and sponsoring […]
[ad_1] The women’s suffrage movement began in the US in the mid-1800s and gained momentum after the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The movement split into two groups after the Civil War, but reconciled in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The association changed its message to emphasize moral authority and gradually […]