Hundreds of women gave the their whole lives, thousands gave years of their lives, and hundreds of thousands gave constant amounts of their time and aid to attain women's suffrage. It was a continuous, seemingly endless, chain of activity to achieve this right. The 1848 convention had challenged America to social revolution that would touch every aspect of life. Early women's rights leaders believed suffrage to be the most effective means to change an unjust system. Among thousands of women's suffrage quickly became the chief goal of the women's rights movement. Leaders of the movement believed that if women had the right to vote, they could use it to gain various other rights. But the suffragists faced strong opposition. The leaders I chose to focus on are Catt Carrie, Paul Alice, Lucy Stone, and Elizabeth Stanton. Their contributions to the women suffrage movement were enormous
             Carrie Catt was a coordinator of the suffrage movement and a skillful political strategist. She played a leading role in its successful campaign to win voting rights for women. Catt also began to work nationally for the National American Woman Suffrage Association, speaking in 1890 at its Washington, D.C., convention. In the following months, Catt's work, and her writing and speaking engagements established her reputation as a leading suffragist. In 1892, she was asked by Susan B. Anthony to address Congress on the proposed suffrage amendment. In 1900, she succeeded as a NAWSA president. From then on, her time was spent primarily in speechmaking, planning campaigns, organizing women, and gaining political experience. In 1902, Catt helped organize the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA), which eventually incorporated sympathetic associations in thirty-two nations. Catt also traveled to many countries promoting equal-suffrage rights. In 1916, at a NAWSA convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Catt unveiled her "Winning Plan" to campaign simult...