The 19th Ammendment
"Suffrage Wins in Senate; Constitutional Amendment is Passed, fifty-six to twenty-five. WomenMay Vote in nineteen-twenty"- The New York Times June fifth, nineteen-nineteen. Spanning from eighteen-forty to nineteen-nineteen, the fight for the voice of women everywhere to be heard took determination, courage, and endurance to be noticed in what was then considered a "man's world." The nineteenth amendment states "the right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex" in section one. "Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation" in section two. (Jefferson.) With this, women now were victorious in their efforts to be involved Back in the late eighteen hundreds and early nineteen hundreds, the line from the Declaration of Independence, "all men are created equal" had little to no value in society. Men were taught on higher educational levels and trained to be equipped for the work force and business success. Women, on the other hand, were taught not about advanced math or science, but how to run a household and other "womanly things". However, during a world-wide
eighty years later, the movement of women's rights began in full force. Numerous women's before and we're going to do it again!" (Flixster 281.) As a result of this time period, it's changed for a series of conventions to embrace and influence every part of the country. With every by nineteen-fourteen, and, judicial efforts having failed, and a vigorous campaign, brought reluctant to become too involved in fear they would be labeled a "radical". Throughout the life while in Stanton's copy, "all men and women are created equal." Her speech was met with praise organizations arose such as NAWSA (National American Women's Suffrage Association)
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