3. Women's Civil Rights in campaign America (1865-1960) - Suffrage campaign

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  • Women's Civil Rights in campaign  America (1865-1960) - Suffrage campaign
    • Divide between AWSA and NWSA due to different strategies
      • NWSA campaigned for national change
      • AWSA aimed to get women voting in individual states for state legislatures
    • AWSA was one-issue organisation whereas NWSA (national organisation) took broader view and adopted feminist line, opposing male domination in number of spheres
    • Two organisations merged in 1890 to become National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
      • Splits weakened cause and many women put energies into temperance and social reform as an alternative
      • Throughout period, divisions in aims and methods major factor in weakening impact of movements for more rights for women
    • National Women Suffrage Association
      • Formed 1869
      • Focused on women's suffrage
      • Without abolitionist allies
      • Membership restricted to women
      • Founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cody Stanton
    • American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA)
      • Rural organisation maintained abolitionist links
      • Led by Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe
      • Included men

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