At the beginning of the twentieth century, women were outsiders to the formal structures of political life—voting, serving on juries,...
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The American Woman Suffrage Association, organized in 1869 by Julia Ward Howe, Lucy Stone, and others, focused on achieving suffrage for women.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association was created by the 1890 merger of the American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association.