Anthony Represents Working Women's Association at NLU Congress in 1868

The National Labor Union (NLU), formed in 1866, aimed to create a broad-based political party by reaching out to farmers, African Americans, and women. The Revolution, a publication associated with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, supported this initiative, predicting a powerful alliance of working men, women, and African Americans. In 1868, Anthony and Stanton were seated as delegates at the NLU Congress, with Anthony representing the Working Women's Association (WWA). However, the alliance was short-lived. In 1869, during a printers' strike, Anthony supported an employer-sponsored training program for women, which led to her being unseated as a delegate due to accusations of supporting strikebreakers. Despite this setback, Anthony continued to work with the WWA to form all-female labor unions and successfully campaigned for the pardon of Hester Vaughn, a domestic worker sentenced to death for infanticide. The WWA eventually evolved into an organization of middle-class working women, forming the core of the new national suffrage organization in New York City.