<P> The first national suffrage organizations were established in 1869 when two competing organizations were formed , one led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the other by Lucy Stone . After years of rivalry , they merged in 1890 as the National American Woman Suffrage Association ( NAWSA ) with Anthony as its leading force . </P>
<P> The first national suffrage organizations were established in 1869 when two competing organizations were formed , one led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the other by Lucy Stone . After years of rivalry , they merged in 1890 as the National American Woman Suffrage Association ( NAWSA ) with Anthony as its leading force . </P>
an early leader in the fight for women 's suffrage was
an early leader in the fight for women 's suffrage was
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony