The League provided the women's movement with a vehicle for combining the fight against slavery with the fight for women's rights by reminding the public that petitioning was the only political tool available to women at a time when only men were allowed to vote.Venet (1991), p. 116. With a membership of 5000, it helped develop a new generation of women leaders, providing experience and recognition for not only Stanton and Anthony but also newcomers like Anna Dickinson, a gifted teenaged orator.Venet (1991), pp. 148–149. The League demonstrated the value of formal structure to a women's movement that had resisted being anything other than loosely organized up to that point.Flexner (1959), p. 105. The widespread network of women activists who assisted the League expanded the pool of talent that was available to reform movements, including the women's suffrage movement, after the war.Venet (1991), pp. 1–2.
The League provided the women's movement with a vehicle for combining the fight against slavery with the fight for women's rights by reminding the public that petitioning was the only political tool available to women at a time when only men were allowed to vote.Venet (1991), p. 116. With a membership of 5000, it helped develop a new generation of women leaders, providing experience and recognition for not only Stanton and Anthony but also newcomers like Anna Dickinson a gifted teenaged oratorVenet (1991), pp. 148–149. The League demonstrated the value of formal structure to a women's movement that had resisted being anything other than loosely organized up to that point.Flexner (1959), p. 105. The widespread network of women activists who assisted the League expanded the pool of talent that was available to reform movements, including the women's suffrage movement, after the war.Venet (1991), pp. 1–2