Equal Suffrage League was a

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organization founded by

Sarah J. Garnet Sarah J. Tompkins Garnet (née Smith; July 31, 1831 – September 17, 1911) was an American educator and suffragist from New York City who was a pioneer and influential African-American female school principal in the New York City public schoo ...

in Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1880s to advocate for voting rights for African American women. Dr.

Susan Smith McKinney Steward Susan Maria McKinney Steward (March 1847 – March 17, 1918) was an American physician and author. She was the third African-American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York state.Seraile, W. (1985). SUSAN McKINNEY STEWARD: ...

was a contributor to the founding of the organization. The group worked to abolish both gender and race bias. After Garnet became the Superintendent of the Suffrage Department for the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), the Equal Suffrage League affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women. The small organization initially met in Garnet's seamstress shop. In 1907 the Equal Suffrage League and National Association of Colored Women jointly supported a resolution supporting the principles of the Niagara Movement that advocated for equal rights for all

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citizens. The organization was short-lived, ending when Garnet died in 1911.

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