United States--New York
Voter registration
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962
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International Woman Suffrage Alliance
National American Woman Suffrage Association. Convention
National American Woman Suffrage Association. League of Women Voters
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Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
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At the time of the convention, 33 states had ratified the federal suffrage amendment. The victory came on August 18, 1920 when Tennessee became the 36th and final state to ratify the amendment.

At the convention, Carrie Chapman Catt formally founded the League of Women Voters as a "mighty political experiment" to help women carry out their new responsibility as voters. ]]>
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The League of Women Voters was founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920 during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association 6 months before the ratification of the 19th amendment. The League began as a "mighty political experiment" designed to help 20 million women carry out their new responsibilities as voters. It encouraged them to participate in shaping public policy and to become political, by educating citizens about, and lobbying for, government and social reform legislation.]]>