The American Equal Rights Association Splits
Executive Committee of the National Woman's Suffrage Association

The division within the movement took an especially ugly turn in 1867 when two referendums a question or policy that is put on a ballot for citizens to vote on directly were put on the ballot in Kansas. One gave the vote to African American men; one gave the vote to women. Although the AERA was still in existence and on paper the group supported both measures, they were deeply divided.