The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Struggle for Political Power

The National Women's Suffrage Association and The American Women's Suffrage Association


          The  National Women's Suffrage (NWSA) and the American Women's Suffrage Association (AWSA) were the two main associations that helped women gain suffrage. These two associations were important factors of the women's suffrage movement era because many brave individuals joined to fight for suffrage.

The National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA)
The NWSA was begun by  Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in May of 1869. The primary goal of the organization was to achieve voting rights for women by means of congressional amendment to the constitution.

The American Women's Suffrage Association (AWSA)
 
The AWSA was begun by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others in November of 1869. The group focused exclusively on gaining voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions.

The National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
After couple years, the two organizations, NWSA & AWSA, merged to form the National American Women's Suffrage Asssociation (NAWSA) in the year of 1890. The main focus of the merged organization was to gain voting rights for women.