National American Woman Suffrage Association

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nonprofit organization women's suffrage organization

The National American Woman Suffrage Association was a leading U.S. organization that coordinated and advanced the campaign to secure women’s right to vote in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National American Woman Suffrage Association canonical	27
Congressional Committee of NAWSA	1
NAWSA	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1439466 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: National American Woman Suffrage Association
Context triple: [women's suffrage movement, hasKeyOrganization, National American Woman Suffrage Association]

A. American Woman Suffrage Association
The American Woman Suffrage Association was a 19th-century U.S. organization that campaigned for women’s right to vote, known for its more moderate, state-by-state strategy and for eventually merging into the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
B. National Woman's Party
The National Woman's Party was a U.S. political organization, led by figures like Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman, that spearheaded militant suffrage campaigns and later fought for the Equal Rights Amendment.
C. National Federation of Democratic Women
The National Federation of Democratic Women is the official national organization that promotes and supports the participation, leadership, and policy priorities of women within the U.S. Democratic Party.
D. Mahila Congress
Mahila Congress is the women’s wing of the Indian National Congress party, focused on promoting women’s political participation and rights in India.
E. National Council of Women
The National Council of Women was the official mass women’s organization in communist Romania, aligned with and controlled by the Romanian Communist Party to promote state policies on gender, labor, and social life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National American Woman Suffrage Association
Target entity description: The National American Woman Suffrage Association was a leading U.S. organization that coordinated and advanced the campaign to secure women’s right to vote in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A. American Woman Suffrage Association
The American Woman Suffrage Association was a 19th-century U.S. organization that campaigned for women’s right to vote, known for its more moderate, state-by-state strategy and for eventually merging into the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
B. National Woman's Party
The National Woman's Party was a U.S. political organization, led by figures like Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman, that spearheaded militant suffrage campaigns and later fought for the Equal Rights Amendment.
C. National Federation of Democratic Women
The National Federation of Democratic Women is the official national organization that promotes and supports the participation, leadership, and policy priorities of women within the U.S. Democratic Party.
D. Mahila Congress
Mahila Congress is the women’s wing of the Indian National Congress party, focused on promoting women’s political participation and rights in India.
E. National Council of Women
The National Council of Women was the official mass women’s organization in communist Romania, aligned with and controlled by the Romanian Communist Party to promote state policies on gender, labor, and social life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nonprofit organization ⓘ women's suffrage organization ⓘ
activity	holding national suffrage conventions ⓘ lobbying for a federal woman suffrage amendment ⓘ organizing state-level suffrage campaigns ⓘ publishing suffrage literature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ surface form: NAWSA
contributedTo	Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
differentiatedFrom	National Woman's Party ⓘ
dissolved	1920 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	political reform ⓘ voting rights ⓘ women's rights ⓘ
foundedBy	Lucy Stone ⓘ surface form: Alice Stone Blackwell Elizabeth Cady Stanton ⓘ Henry Browne Blackwell ⓘ Lucy Stone ⓘ Susan B. Anthony ⓘ
hasPart	state-level suffrage associations ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ Warren, Ohio ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1890 ⓘ
keyPerson	Lucy Stone ⓘ surface form: Alice Stone Blackwell Anna Howard Shaw ⓘ Carrie Chapman Catt ⓘ Elizabeth Cady Stanton ⓘ Lucy Stone ⓘ Susan B. Anthony ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locationOfActivity	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mergedFrom	American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ National Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
movement	first-wave feminism ⓘ women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
notableMember	Frances Willard ⓘ Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch ⓘ surface form: Harriot Stanton Blatch Ida B. Wells ⓘ Mary Church Terrell ⓘ Maud Wood Park ⓘ
opposedBy	anti-suffrage organizations in the United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment	mainstream, moderate suffrage strategy ⓘ
purpose	campaign for women's suffrage in the United States ⓘ
significantEvent	campaign leading to passage of the Nineteenth Amendment ⓘ formation through merger in 1890 ⓘ
strategy	pursuit of a federal suffrage amendment ⓘ state-by-state suffrage campaigns ⓘ
successor	League of Women Voters ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

women's suffrage movement → hasKeyOrganization → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → influencedBy → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Carrie Chapman Catt → employer → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

American Woman Suffrage Association → mergedInto → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

American Woman Suffrage Association → mergedFormationOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Mary Church Terrell → memberOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

National American Woman Suffrage Association → alsoKnownAs → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

this entity surface form: NAWSA

National Woman Suffrage Association → mergedInto → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

National Woman Suffrage Association → influenced → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

The Woman's Bible → associatedWithOrganization → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

History of Woman Suffrage → focusesOn → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

employing pioneering civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch → affiliatedWith → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

subject surface form: Nora Stanton Blatch

Mary Ware Dennett → memberOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Elizabeth Thacher Kent → memberOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage → opposedStrategyOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage → relatedTo → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

1913 Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C. → organizedBy → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congressional Committee of NAWSA

NWP → opposedStrategyOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

subject surface form: National Woman's Party

Inez Milholland → memberOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Winning Plan for woman suffrage → associatedWithOrganization → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Winning Plan for woman suffrage → implementedBy → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Winning Plan for woman suffrage → relatedTo → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

League of Women Voters → originatedFrom → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Woman's Journal → associatedWith → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Church Terrell → memberOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

subject surface form: Mary Church Terrell

Mary → memberOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

subject surface form: Mary Church Terrell

Alva Erskine Smith → memberOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

May Wright Sewall → memberOf → National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

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