drafted the Declaration of Sentiments, which was modeled after the Declaration of Independence. This document listed 16 forms of discrimination against women including the denial of suffrage, lack of control of wages, and property rights. At this convention 68 women and 32 men passed 12 resolutions with 11 resolutions passing unanimously. Lucretia Mott opposed the resolution giving women the right to vote. Two weeks later the convention moved to Rochester, New York and gained broader support for their goals.

In the years after the convention and before the Civil War, the movement was small and remained small until the 1880s. Because members were not formally organized and they could not agree on what issues of reform to support, this caused dissension among the suffragists. The opposition of whether or not to support black suffrage led the suffragists to form two organizations. The two organizations were the American Woman Suffrage Association and t

In 1915, one of the most politically astute, Carrie Chapman Catt, was named president of the NAWSA. Carrie Chapman Catt shifted the movement's emphasis from propaganda to political action and displayed outstanding organizational ability. She frequently met with

politicians at the White House and pressured them for voting reform.

1903 the Women's Social and Political Union. Her followers, called "suffragettes," heckled politicians, practiced civil disobedience, and were frequently arrested for inciting riots. When World War I started, the proponents of women's suffrage ceased their activities and supported the war effort. In February 1918 women over the age of 30 received the right to vote. Suffrage rights for men and women were equalized in 1928.

did not become discouraged by this turn of events and continued in her quest for women's suffrage.

Lucy Stone and Julie Ward Howe were the leaders of the American Woman Suffrage Association. The AWSA was coordinated in 1869 and used the traditional New England "Yankee" reform platform. This platform was not strictly just women's issues and the AWSA supported black suffrage and backed the Fifteenth Amendment granting blacks the right to vote Stone's dislike for Susan B. Anthony the leader of the NWSA caused a continual rift between the two organizations. Anthony criticized Stone for getting married and becoming pregnant. Stone recognized that Anthony's judgment of her was based on her fear that Stone would abandon the cause of women's rights. Stone felt this personal attack was unfounded and she resented Anthony's interference in her life. The two women remained at odds throughout their lives.

The National Woman Suffrage Association was directed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The NWSA opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not include women. The NWSA worked for suffrage on the federal level and pushed for more extensive institutional changes, such as the granting of property rights to married women.

this clearly unconstitutional procedure, requested that the jury be polled, the judge instead summarily discharged the jurors.

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