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Alva Vanderbilt Belmont defied expectations & became a crucial suffrage fundraiser, raising money for the National Woman’s Party. Today, the @NatlParkService runs @belmontpaulnps in DC, purchased by Belmont to be the NWP's HQ. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM
Anna Howard Shaw sought to unify women to fight for voting rights. Shaw dedicated her life to opening up opportunities to women. She became a popular speaker and president for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/qk7EIOzeuO
Mary Ann Shadd Cary dared to fight for civil & women's rights through her lectures & articles. She founded the Colored Women’s Progressive Franchise Association, which paved the way for Black women’s clubs founded in the 1890s. @Khallion #WomensVote100
Susan B. Anthony agitated for change all her life. She started as an antislavery activist & became a suffrage leader. Anthony worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton to found the first national women’s suffrage organization. @Khallion #WomensVote100
Harriet Tubman is most famous for leading enslaved people to freedom, but she also fought for civil rights & women’s rights. In 1896, she helped found the National Association of Colored Women, which fought against racial violence and for suffrage. @Khallion #womensvote100
Lucy Stone resisted gender norms as a women’s rights leader. When she married, she challenged tradition by keeping her own name. In 1870, she founded the American Woman Suffrage Association & The Woman’s Journal newspaper to engage supporters everywhere. @Khallion #WomensVote100
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an innovative thinker, writer & leader. After years of antislavery activism, she helped spark the women’s rights movement by drafting the Declaration of Sentiments for the Women's Rights Convention in 1848. @Khallion #WomensVote100