Answer to Question #309343 in History for Haruka Aikawa

Question

In one paragraph explain: Which organization (the NWP or the NAWSA) is more likely to have an impact on the women’s suffrage movement and help get women the right to vote? Why? 

Criteria for success

Argue that one group’s tactics are more effective than the other

Use at least two pieces of text evidence

Quote from the sources

Create a claim that states who was more effective (NWP or NAWSA)

Must include one modern day example or issue

One at least two vocabulary words from the word bank: 19th Amendment, Hunger Strike, Suffrage, Radical

Answer 1

The National Woman's Party was not the largest or most prominent organization during the fight for women's right to vote. Carrie Chapman Catt led the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) which had more members, more power, and more money than the NWP.

It played a pivotal role in the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which in 1920 guaranteed women's right to vote. Susan B. Anthony, a long-time leader in the suffrage movement, was the dominant figure in the newly formed NAWSA.