Elizabeth Cady Stanton

National American Woman Suffrage Association Formed as Merger Heals 21-Year Split

| Importance: 7/10

On February 18, 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was formed through the merger of the rival National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), healing a 21-year split that had fractured the women’s rights movement since …

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Suffrage Movement Splits Over 15th Amendment as Stanton and Anthony Deploy Racist Rhetoric

| Importance: 8/10

On May 15, 1869, the women’s rights movement fractured when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) after breaking with the American Equal Rights Association (AERA) over support for the 15th Amendment. The proposed amendment would …

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Seneca Falls Convention Launches Women's Rights Movement with Declaration of Sentiments

| Importance: 9/10

The Seneca Falls Convention, held July 19-20, 1848, at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Seneca Falls, New York, marked the first organized women’s rights convention in the United States. Organized primarily by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott along with local Quaker women, the …

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