119: Women’s Suffrage & the Passage of the 19th Amendment
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Women's Suffrage in the United States
Elizabeth katy stanton and her friend susan b anthony take a hard line. The n w s a focuses on federal action, seeking a constitutional amendment to enfranchise women. Meanwhile, less radical suffragists like lucy stone and her husband form the american women suffrae association. This more moderate group includes men, supports the fifteenth amendment and focuses its attention on state level action. In 18 69, the same year of the organization's creation, the territory of wyoming enfranchises women.
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