b'the Sargents focused on how to advance the cause of womensElizabeth Cady Stanton, seated, suffrage. They explored ways to unify a split between radicalsand Susan B. Anthony led and conservatives in California. They discussed the influencethe decades-long fight to win of other women in the movement, such as Laura de Forcesuffrage for American women. Gordon, who helped unite suffrage society members scatteredThis photo shows them sometime across northern California. They discussed what should bebetween 1880 and 1902. included in everyones natural rights. The trio thoroughly reviewed the 14th and 15th Amendments. Anthony and Ellen Sargent argued the wording in those amendments made it clear that women already enjoyed the enfranchise. But Aaron maintained that a new amendment would have to be drafted to secure rights for women. He began working on the text for that amendment on the trip.AMENDMENT FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1878By the time the Sargents and Anthony parted company in Washington, they had forged a lasting friendship well-documented by the many letters they exchanged over the next 20 years. Anthony would travel throughout the country promoting the suffrage movement. Aaron Sargent would go back and forth from California to the Capitol, and Ellen Clark Sargent would focus her efforts on cultivating the movement in northern California. In 1872, Aaron Sargent won election to the U.S. Senate. At the urging of Ellen Sargent, Anthony and Stanton who also Continued on Page 8 (Library of Congress) (Library of Congress)Women in San Francisco registering to vote. California adopted womens suffrage in October 1911. (Library of Congress) (Library of Congress)Cartoonist George Yost Coffin drew The Apotheosis of Suffrage in 1896. The caption reads:From the famous fresco by Brumidi in Suffrage envoys from San Francisco are greeted in New Jersey on their way the Rotunda of the Capitol.to Washington, D.C., in 1915 to present a petition to Congress containing more than 500,000 signatures.Business 2020 7'