Men across the United States joined the fight to enfranchise women, perhaps none more outspoken than Frederick Douglass.
Born into slavery in 1818, Douglass was a fierce advocate for both abolition and women’s rights.
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Born into slavery in 1818, Douglass was a fierce advocate for both abolition and women’s rights.
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He participated in the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls and was a founding member of both the AERA and the AWSA.
Frederick Douglas fought for women’s rights until his death in 1895 and often used his popular paper, The North Star to champion the cause.
Frederick Douglas fought for women’s rights until his death in 1895 and often used his popular paper, The North Star to champion the cause.
Women like Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth fought for a dream they never lived to see become reality.
As the century turned, a new generation paraded through the streets, campaigned for office, and employed radical strategies to achieve their goal.
As the century turned, a new generation paraded through the streets, campaigned for office, and employed radical strategies to achieve their goal.
In 1900, the National American Woman Suffrage Associate (NAWSA) elected Carrie Chapman Catt to fill Susan B. Anthony’s empty seat as president.
When she found the movement stalling in 1915, Catt devised the “Winning Plan.”
When she found the movement stalling in 1915, Catt devised the “Winning Plan.”
The plan involved coordinated campaigns into states once thought a lost cause alongside intense lobbying for a federal amendment.
However, it also involved cooperating with southern states that wanted to exclude Black women from the ballot.
However, it also involved cooperating with southern states that wanted to exclude Black women from the ballot.
Journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett believed Black women’s suffrage was a key tool in fighting racism.
In 1896, she founded the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs alongside Mary Church Terrell and Frances Harper.
In 1896, she founded the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs alongside Mary Church Terrell and Frances Harper.
Their motto was “Lifting as We Climb” & they advocated for both women’s rights and to improve the status of Black Americans.
Wells often found herself facing racism within the movement and demanded that her white counterparts take on issues facing Black women, such as lynching.
Wells often found herself facing racism within the movement and demanded that her white counterparts take on issues facing Black women, such as lynching.
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