Suffrage Movement Splits Over 15th Amendment as Stanton and Anthony Deploy Racist Rhetoric
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 …
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucy Stone
Henry Blackwell
Frederick Douglass
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