who is the leader of the awsa
Also known as: AWSA, the American About the American Woman Suffrage Association. The American Woman Suffrage Association was formed in November of 1869, as the American Equal Rights Association fell apart over debate on the passage of the 14th amendment and 15th amendment to the United States constitution at the end of the American Civil War.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a true leader of the woman suffrage movement, serving as the president of the National Woman Suffrage Association for twenty years and the as first president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. At the age of 77, in 1892, Stanton stepped down as president.