National American Woman Suffrage Association [SEP] inception
National American Woman Suffrage Association
The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890 to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. It was created by the merger of two existing organizations, the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). Its membership, which was about seven thousand at the time it was formed, eventually increased to two million, making it the largest voluntary organization in the nation. It played a
1896: The National American Woman Suffrage Association hires Ida Husted Harper to launch an expensive suffrage campaign in California, which ultimately fails.
1896: Idaho grants women suffrage.
1897: The National American Woman Suffrage Association begins publishing the "National Suffrage Bulletin", edited by Carrie Chapman Catt.
1900s.
1900: Carrie Chapman Catt becomes the new leader of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
1902: Women from 10 nations meet in Washington, D.C. to plan an international effort for suffrage. Clara Barton