In New York, SUSAN B. ANTHONY and ELIZABETH CADY STANTON formed the National Woman Suffrage Association on this date. The National Association was created in response to a split in the American Equal Rights Association over whether the woman’s movement should support the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Its founders, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (there is no evidence that either of them were lesbians), opposed the Fifteenth Amendment unless it included the vote for women. Men were able to join the organization as members; however, women solely controlled the leadership of the group. The NWSA worked to secure women’s enfranchisement through a federal constitutional amendment. 

Contrarily, its rival, the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), believed success could be more easily achieved through state-by-state campaigns. In 1890 the NWSA and the AWSA merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).

The current Broadway season features Suffs is a stage musical with book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub, based on suffragists and the American women’s suffrage movement, focusing primarily on the historical events leading up to the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the United States constitution in 1920 that gave some women, primarily white women the right to vote. It premiered Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in April 2022.

The show opened on Broadway on April 18, 2024 at the Music Box Theatre. It received positive reviews from critics and 6 nominations at the 77th Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Suffice it to say, the November Presidential election will most likely turn on the votes of men and women who are outraged by the over-turning of Roe v Wade.

ROE ROE ROE YOUR VOTE in ROEVEMBER!