national women's party
the party's creation
Following the deaths of their leaders, the suffrage movement was beginning to die out. Because too many of the groups were focused on state suffrage, they were not able to join efforts at a national level, so Alice Paul decided to combine the two main organizations: the Congressional Union, a break off of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), with the newly formed Woman's Party to create the National Woman's Party (NWP).
Achievements
The NWP targeted Congress and the White House by withholding its support of the political parties that did not support suffrage, and through "sustained dramatic, nonviolent protest" such as the suffrage marches and songs, daily pickets, hunger strikes, speaking tours, and attention from the newspapers, they gained great public support for their cause.
After achieving their dream of suffrage, the party continued to work towards full equality, proposing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to prevent discrimination against women, which was passed in Congress in 1972 but still has not been ratified.
Additionally, the NWP became involved in women's rights overseas as well; they helped begin the Inter-American Commission of Women and lobbied for equality measures for women at the League of Nations, helped other countries such as Puerto Rico with their suffrage campaigns.
After achieving their dream of suffrage, the party continued to work towards full equality, proposing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to prevent discrimination against women, which was passed in Congress in 1972 but still has not been ratified.
Additionally, the NWP became involved in women's rights overseas as well; they helped begin the Inter-American Commission of Women and lobbied for equality measures for women at the League of Nations, helped other countries such as Puerto Rico with their suffrage campaigns.