Rightfully Hers Part 3
Record of the Month! For the month of October we are featuring the forth exhibit panel from the National Archives pop-up exhibit Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote. In addition to creating and distributing the exhibit panels displayed here, the National Archives created a digital exhibit with more resources and teaching tools available through the following link: ( https://museum.archives.gov/rightfully-hers ). In 1890, the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association would merge to form the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA), led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Sadly in spite of being united in the goal of enfranchising women, there were still divisions within the NAWSA based on race. In 1896 the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was formed with the goal of winning equality for women of color. Leaders of the NACW include Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell and Anna Julia Cooper, who successfully br