Anthony stepped down as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Anthony chose as her successor Wisconsin native Carrie Chapman Catt, a suffragette regarded as a brilliant ...

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.

Her willingness to hold the reigning Democratic Party accountable, even if that meant alienating Democratic supporters, was at odds with the more diplomatic approach of the National American Woman ...

allowing suffragists and former abolitionist allies to work together again in the National American Women’s Suffrage Association. Nonetheless, even though the abolitionist-women’s rights ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture shared "Five African American Suffragists You Should Know" to tell a more complete history of the struggle for women’s ...

Her article in favor of the vote was published in the official organ of the National American Woman Suffrage Association: “I am a democrat, and, of course, the democratic plea appeals to me — the plea ...

While African American women didn’t receive the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 — giving the right to white women — African American women played integral roles from the ...

The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional and other roadblocks.

How did women try to change this position? Suffrage societies were formed in the 19th century and came together to form the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) in 1897.

NEW YORK -- To mark the first day of Women's History Month, we take a look at the suffrage movement and winning the vote for women. New York City was a headquarters for many of the icons who made ...