Franklin Roosevelt won the election in 1944 primarily because a Republican Thomas E. Dewey favored an international organization
for world peace. b labor unions turned out for Roosevelt. c Harry Truman was his running mate. d questions arose regarding Thomas E. Dewey's honesty. e the war was going well.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigned for a fourth presidential term and won the election in 1944. He led through the Great Depression in the 1930s and World War II, which allowed him to win the election in 1944. He remained popular among the American public. By 1944, the U.S. and the Allies were clear on the road to World War II victory against Hitler and the Axis powers. In addition, the organization of the armed forces in the U.S. had lifted the country out of depression.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the NWSA first. The pair believed that instead of supporting the Fifteenth Amendment as it was, women's rights activists should fight for women to be included as well. They started the NWSA to lead this effort.
