Nineteenth+Amendment

=Nineteenth Amendment=

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(Kate's)   The Nineteenth Amendment stated that no state can deny the right to vote based on gender. Controversy came up about the 14th amendment and whether or not it should apply to women as well. The time in which women fought for their rights was called Women's Suffrage. On January 9, 1918, the president at the time, Woodrow Wilson, announced his support of the amendment. It was proposed on June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920. 

Life of Women Before the 19th Amendment
During the eighteenth century, married women managed the household and sometimes helped run farms or home businesses. Women did not have jobs that they were payed to do. They managed the house chores like cleaning the rooms, caring for the kids and cooking food. They could not vote, they were not involved in political events and did not have an opinion in many things. Women were expected to marry and have kids. If they weren't married, they were usually poor and could not take care of themselves easily. Men were expected to care for the women and "bring home the bacon". Women were not considered in many things and did not have equal right with men.  

Leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement


Susan Brownwell Anthony
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was a leader and a reformer of the women's rights movement who was born in Adams, Maryland. She is a well known leader of the woman's suffrage movement, and one of the earliest. Because she was a teacher when she was 17, she fought for equal pay for women teachers, college training for girls and coed schooling. Susan lectured about woman's rights from 1851 to 1860. She played a large role in passing the first laws in New York to guarantee women's rights over their kids and their property and pay. In 1869 she and Elizabeth Stanton organized the National Woman Suffrage Association and Susan was president of the national association from 1892-1900. She led a march of women to go vote in 1872 under the    14th amendment. She was then arrested, tried and sentenced to a fine that she refused to pay. Susan B. Anthony is remembered for her role in women's suffrage, her strong personality and her great intellect.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was a reformer and leader of the women's suffrage movement who was born in Johnstown, New York. She began to fight for women's rights when she went to a slavery convention where women were excluded from the main convention. Elizabeth was a main factor in organizing the first women's rights convention in the US, which was held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. She was one of the many women who pushed for a women's right to vote clause in the bill of rights. She was president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1869-1890, which she helped create. She was also the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1890-1892. She and Susan B. Anthony were a famous pair in fighting for the rights of women. Elizabeth C. Stanton was an acclaimed speaker, a talented journalist and a major factor for the rights of women.

Mary Eliza Church Terrell
Mary Terrell (1863-1954) was born in Memphis, TN and was a civil rights and a women's rights activist. She is the daughter of two former slaves. After earning a bachelor's and a masters degree she became active in the women's suffrage movement. She founded the Colored Women's League in 1892. Mary was the first president of the National Federation of Colored Women. In 1895 she was the first african american woman appointed on the District of Columbia Board of Education, which was a large step towards breaking the color and gender barrier. Mary was a popular speaker for women's rights. Because of her role in the women's suffrage movement, she was given honorary doctorates from three colleges.



Conclusion
The road to women's rights was a long and a tough one. Many men were opposed to the 19th amendment. With the help of many women leaders including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton and Mary Eliza Terrell, the 19th amendment was approved about 2 years after it was suggested. Life before the amendment was poor for women, they did not have varied jobs in special fields, they could not vote and they had many other disadvantages to men. After the 19th amendment was ratified, women had more freedom and rights. Their opinions were appealed to by new presidential candidates and they now had a bit more say in politics. Although some men still mistreated women even after the 19th amendment was passed, women were considered more equal than ever before after the 19th amendment was passed.