The Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment
The nineteenth amendment was passed on June 4th,1919 and ratified on August 19th,1920. It consists of two different sections, the first one states that the right of 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. The second section says congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. This amendment guarantees women the right to vote, and it helps that there will no longer be a persistent fight over women's suffrage.
Many different groups of people advocated this amendment. One group in particular was the Women's Rights Convention. They came together to discuss the social, civil, and religious conditions and rights of women. They attended their first meeting in Seneca Falls, NY on July 19th, 1848. The men and women of this convention discussed a Declaration of Sentiments which called for all women to have equal rights in education, property, voting, and other aspects of society. They used the Declaration of Independence as a model of their own Declaration, and they stated, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equalÂ…" Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were two main leaders of this convention. After a very long and consistent fight over women's suffrage, they finally won with a vote of 56 to 25, and the amendment was added to the Constitution. The suffrage leaders had two more than the necessary two-thirds vote of the senators that were present. This amendment, which was already passed by the House, now had to go to the states in order to be ratified. It then was passed in the form in which it had been adopted by Congress.
There are many different groups of people that oppose the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution. One group is called the MAN'S Association. They have held many protests opposing the...
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