America’s most notable suffragists, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, broke ties with the mainstream women’s suffrage movement for which reason?
Explanation
Answer: C - Suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two of the founding members of the women’s rights movement, broke with the mainstream movement in 1869 because they were opposed to the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, while the mainstream members were not. Portions of the 14th and 15th Amendments directly addressed the suffrage of African-Americans, but did not recognize women. Anthony and Stanton had an all-or-nothing approach to voting rights legislation and felt the amendments only perpetuated the plight of women. They formed the National Women Suffrage Association in 1869 and remained in charge of it until 1890, when both factions of the women’s movement merged back together. Prior to their involvement in the women’s movement, Anthony and Stanton together co-founded the Women’s Temperance Movement. Both women died before either movement accomplished their primary objectives.
