<P> A parallel, yet separate, movement was that for women's suffrage . Leaders of the suffrage movement included Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul . In some ways this, too, could be said to have grown out of the American Civil War, as women had been strong leaders of the abolition movement . Middle - and upper - class women generally became more politically active in the northern tier during and after the war . </P> <P> In 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, was held in Seneca Falls, New York . Of the 300 present, 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments which defined the women's rights movement . The first National Women's Rights Convention took place in 1850 in Worcester, Massachusetts, attracting more than 1,000 participants . This national convention was held yearly through 1860 . </P> <P> When Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Women Suffrage Association, their goal was to help women gain voting rights through reliance on the Constitution . Also, in 1869 Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell formed the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). However, AWSA focused on gaining voting rights for women through the amendment process . Although these two organization were fighting for the same cause, it was not until 1890 that they merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). After the merger of the two organizations, the (NAWSA) waged a state - by - state campaign to obtain voting rights for women . </P> <P> Wyoming was the first state in which women were able to vote, although it was a condition of the transition to statehood . Utah was the second territory to allow women to vote, but the federal Edmunds--Tucker Act of 1887 repealed woman's suffrage in Utah . Colorado was the first established state to allow women to vote on the same basis as men . Some other states also extended the franchise to women before the Constitution was amended to this purpose . </P>

Who did not receive the right to vote in the constitution of 1869