<P> The National Woman Suffrage Association ( NWSA ) was formed on May 15 , 1869 in New York City . The National Association was created in response to a split in the American Equal Rights Association over whether the woman 's movement should support the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution . Its founders , Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton , opposed the Fifteenth Amendment unless it included the vote for women . Men were able to join the organization as members ; however , women solely controlled the leadership of the group . The NWSA worked to secure women 's enfranchisement through a federal constitutional amendment . Contrarily , its rival , the American Woman Suffrage Association ( AWSA ) , believed success could be more easily achieved through state - by - state campaigns . In 1890 the NWSA and the AWSA merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association ( NAWSA ) . </P>
<P> The National Woman Suffrage Association ( NWSA ) was formed on May 15 , 1869 in New York City . The National Association was created in response to a split in the American Equal Rights Association over whether the woman 's movement should support the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution . Its founders , Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton , opposed the Fifteenth Amendment unless it included the vote for women . Men were able to join the organization as members ; however , women solely controlled the leadership of the group . The NWSA worked to secure women 's enfranchisement through a federal constitutional amendment . Contrarily , its rival , the American Woman Suffrage Association ( AWSA ) , believed success could be more easily achieved through state - by - state campaigns . In 1890 the NWSA and the AWSA merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association ( NAWSA ) . </P>
who founded the national woman 's suffrage association
who founded the national woman 's suffrage association
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton