One of the recognized names from the movement was Jane Addams. Addams had a different philosophy from most religious reformers. She believed that there were benefits working with poor and new immigrants …show more content…
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These ladies founded the National Women Suffrage Association known as NWSA on May 15,1869 in New York City. It marked an important step forward women’s right to vote. The NWSA argued that women should be allowed to vote because their responsibilities inside of there home was irrelevant and unrelated to being politically incompetent. In order to support the 15th amendment, they wanted a change in voting rights and to extend the privilege to vote to women as well as men of color. The motion to reform the amendment lasted until 1920 when the the 19th Amendment passed granting all citizens, both men and women the right to