USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The following milestone happened in ____ “Stanton and Anthony wrote a petition and presented it to the New York legislature to ask lawmakers to grant women equal rights. “
A
1860
B
1920
C
1854
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Together, they launched a national woman’s suffrage movement, published the newspaper The Revolution, and lectured, lobbied, and protested for equal rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -Together, Anthony and her friend Stanton established and worked with many groups that aided in gaining voting rights for all American citizens. On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote was ratified, 72 years after the struggle for women’s suffrage began.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anthony and Stanton co-founded the American Equal Rights Association. In 1868 they became editors of the Association’s newspaper, The Revolution, which helped to spread the ideas of equality and rights for women. Anthony began to lecture to raise money for publishing the newspaper and to support the suffrage movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, or the NWSA.

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