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KEY PLAYERS IN THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the Unites States who was in office
during World War I. Although Wilson was initially opposed to women voting, in
1920 he finally ratified the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.

How did President Wilson eventually feel about women voting?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a social activist, abolitionist (someone who

believed slavery should be made illegal), and an early leader of the women’s
rights movement. She is often credited with initiating (starting) the first
organized woman's rights and woman's suffrage movements (women’s right to
vote) in the United States. In addition to voting rights, Elizabeth believed women
should have property rights and employment and income rights.

S&A Which movements is Elizabeth Cady Stanton help to start?

Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)

Susan B. Anthony worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as an early leader of the
women’s rights movement. At one point, Susan was the head of the National
American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA). She gave 75-100 speeches
per year on the importance of women’s rights in the United States and Europe.

S&A How did Susan B. Anthony make her voice hear about women’s rights?

Alice Paul (1885-1977)

Alice Paul continued the hard work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. In 1916, Alice and her colleagues formed the National Woman’s Party
(NWP ), an organization that protested the fact that women could not vote. She
wanted a constitutional amendment making it legal for women to vote.

IT What organization did Alice Paul and her colleagues form?

Lucy Burns (1879-1966)

Lucy Burns formed the National Woman’s Party (NWP) with her good friend,
Alice Paul. They organized several different forms of protests that demanded
that the President Wilson legalize women voting. Lucy unfairly sent to jail three
times for campaigning for (demanding) something she knew was fair: women’s
right to vote.

S&A Why was Lucy Burns sent to jail three times?

Inez Milholland (1886-1916)

Inez Milholland led the Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC, the day before
Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, March 3, 1913, draped in white robes and riding
a huge white horse. She was a suffragist, lawyer, and public speaker who
greatly influenced the women's movement in America.

S&A How did Inez Milholland participate in the Suffrage Parade in DC?

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)

Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist (someone against slavery) and women's

rights activist. Although Truth was born into slavery, she escaped to freedom in
1826. She is well-known for her famous speech on the importance of women’s
rights--“Ain’t I a Woman?”—in which she spoke out against racial inequalities
(white people and black people having unequal rights).

S&A What two inequalities did Sojourner Truth speak out against?
Carrie Chatman Catt (1859-1947)

Carrie Chatman Catt was a women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which gave U.S.
women the right to vote in 1920. She worked closely with Susan B. Anthony, and
eventually became the president of the National American Woman Suffrage
Association (NAWSA).

IT Which amendment did Carrie Chatman Catt campaign for?

Ida Wells-Barnett (1862 - 1931)

Ida Wells-Barnett was an African American journalist, newspaper editor and an

early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented the violence against
African Americans in the United States, and was also active in the women's
rights movement and the women's suffrage movement.

S&A What type of violence did Ida Wells-Barnett document?