Question

In her letter to Maud Wood Park, National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) vice president Mary Garrett Hay wrote, "I kept in very close touch on the telephone and telegraph wire with the New York Congressmen and they reported to me, really twice a day what was going on, as far as Speaker, Floor Leader, and Suffrage Committee was concerned. . . . Things will be all right, I believe, but I have made up my mind not to trust either Democrats or Republicans until the Suffrage Amendment is passed." What does this letter suggest about NAWSA’s approach to the issue of woman suffrage at the end of the 1910s?

Answer 1

One of the things that this letter suggests about the NAWSA's approach to the issue of female suffrage at the end of the 1910s is that its members used traditional political channels to achieve their goal. In this letter, we can see the methods that the NAWSA employs. We learn that NAWSA's vice president Mary Garrett Hay communicated with Congressmen twice a day. She was also informed about the speaker, floor leader and suffrage committee. Moreover, she wants to associate with either the Democrats or the Republicans. All of this shows that she is trying to use traditional politics in order to achieve change.

Answer 2

Answer:

Its members used traditional political channels to achieve their goal.

Explanation:

We know that women's suffrage was a struggle where women will come together and fight for their rights to be able to make decisions about their rulers and to be treated as citizens.

Women wanted female suffrage to be something legalized and in accordance with all legal and political guidelines of the country, so they sought to use traditional political channels that could help them from within the major political centers. We can see this from the letter shown in the question above, where Maud Wood Park states that he contacted congressmen from New York to win victories for female suffrage.