We were recently gifted tickets to see the Broadway musical “Suffs” at the Pittsburgh CLO Benedum Center. While the suffrage movement shares many parallels with the Black civil rights movement, there were also major differences. That’s been our vision since 1920, when the League was founded by leaders of the women’s suffrage movement. When women vote, organize, and engage in public life, they influence the direction of policies that affect millions of people nationwide.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott are considered the founders of the suffrage movement.