C I V I L W A R
During the Civil War and immediately after little was heard of the movement, but in 1869 the
National Woman Suffrage Association
was formed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with the object of securing an amendment to the Constitution in favor of woman suffrage, thus opposing passage of the Fifteenth Amendment without it being changed to include female suffrage.
Another more conservative suffrage organization, the American Woman Suffrage Association, headed by Lucy Stone, was also formed at this time by those who believed that suffrage should be brought about by amendments to the various state constitutions.
They supported the proposed 15th amendment as written.
In 1890, these two bodies united into one national organization, led by Susan B. Anthony and known as the
N A T I O N A L A M E R I C A N W O M A N S U F F R A G E A S S O C I A T I O N
In 1900, regular national headquarters were established in New York City, under the direction of the new president Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, who was endorsed by Susan B. Anthony after her retirement as first president.
Three years later headquarters were moved to Warren, Ohio, but were then brought back to New York again shortly afterward, and re-opened there on a much bigger scale.
The organization obtained a hearing before every Congress, from 1869 to 1919.
