This program was created by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) at a culminating moment in the campaign for women’s suffrage. In the nineteenth century, the women’s rights movement gained more and more momentum under the leadership of people such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The right to vote was a central issue. Finally, in June 1919, the House and Senate passed the Nineteenth Amendment. As state after state ratified the amendment, NAWSA’s leaders sensed victory was in grasp. They organized this convention in February 1920 to both honor those who had paved the way for this moment and to plan for the future. Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment in August, enfranchising millions of women and changing the political landscape of the country.