Question

Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton were responsible for starting the American Rights Association in 1866.

Answer 1

Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton were responsible for starting the American Equal Rights Association in 1866.

The American Equal Rights Association or AERA’s purpose was to protect equal rights among American citizens, specifically the right of suffrage, no matter what their color, race, or sex.

Answer 2

The missing word in the sentence: EQUAL

• Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton were responsible for starting the American Equal Rights Association in 1866.

The constitution of the American Equal Rights Association (AERA) stated the organization's purpose: "to secure Equal Rights to all American citizens, especially the right of suffrage, irrespective of race, color or sex." It was a group that grew out of the National Women's Rights Convention at the 11th such convention, held in New York in 1866.

Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) were both key social reformers and activists in the women's suffrage movement.