VARIOUS WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
The National Woman Suffrage Association formed in New York City May 15, 1869, by pioneers in the movement from nineteen States was the first of the kind in the world. [[History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II, page 400].] This was followed by the forming on November 24 at Cleveland, O., of the American Woman Suffrage Association. [[Same, page 576].] In 1890 these two were combined under the name National American. [[Volume IV, pages 164], [174].] For various reasons other organizations came into existence, as the years passed, which had some claim to being considered national, but this great united association was the bulwark of the movement for woman suffrage from its beginning to its end in 1920. It was always the official authority recognized by Congress, State Legislatures, the press and the public, but all of the others assisted, each in its own way and degree, and, except in the case of one, the National Woman's Party, there was no antagonism among them, as all were consecrated to a common cause, and followed similar methods.