American Woman Suffrage Association

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19th-century organization suffrage organization women's rights organization

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.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century organization ⓘ suffrage organization ⓘ women's rights organization ⓘ
advocatedFor	women's right to vote in federal elections ⓘ women's right to vote in state elections ⓘ
basedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
cooperatedWith	National Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1890 ⓘ
focus	securing women's voting rights through state constitutions ⓘ
formedAsResultOf	split in the American Equal Rights Association ⓘ
foundedBy	George William Curtis ⓘ Lucy Stone ⓘ surface form: Henry Browne Blackwell Josephine Ruffin ⓘ Julia Ward Howe ⓘ Lucy Stone ⓘ Mary Livermore ⓘ Samuel Joseph May ⓘ Thomas Wentworth Higginson ⓘ Wendell Phillips ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
hasPurpose	expansion of women's political rights ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ
historicalEra	Gilded Age ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ
ideology	moderate suffrage strategy ⓘ
inception	1869 ⓘ
keyPerson	George William Curtis ⓘ Henry Browne Blackwell ⓘ Julia Ward Howe ⓘ Lucy Stone ⓘ Mary Livermore ⓘ Wendell Phillips ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mergedFormationOf	National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
mergedInto	National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
mergedWith	National Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
movement	American women's suffrage movement ⓘ first-wave feminism ⓘ
notableFor	more conservative and conciliatory approach than National Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
notablePublication	Woman's Journal ⓘ
opposedStrategy	pursuit of a single federal constitutional amendment as primary tactic ⓘ
positionOn15thAmendment	supported ⓘ
publicationEditedBy	Lucy Stone ⓘ surface form: Alice Stone Blackwell Henry Browne Blackwell ⓘ Lucy Stone ⓘ
regionServed	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
rivalOrganization	National Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
strategy	state-by-state campaign for woman suffrage ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Julia Ward Howe → coFounderOf → American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ

Julia Ward Howe → memberOf → American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ