USA HISTORY

LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861

REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which suffragist leader campaigned for voting rights and equal rights for women, and helped organize the National Woman Suffrage Association along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
A
Susan B. Anthony
B
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C
Sojourner Truth
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the more radical National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) that tried to win suffrage at the Constitutional level.

Detailed explanation-2: -Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -In July 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY. The Seneca Falls Convention produced a list of demands called the Declaration of Sentiments.

Detailed explanation-4: -The women’s suffrage movement fought for the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections.

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