The 19th Amendment: American Women's Suffrage
The 19th Amendment gave American Women the right to vote. American Women were able to accomplish this breakthrough with great difficulty, but after pushing the issue towards congress and taking a stand they finally had their victory even if it took them decades to get the amendment approved. In the early 19th century women suffrage groups took a stand and marched, wrote letters, and practiced proper civil defiance to accomplish this great American change. In 1878 the Amendment was finally introduced in Congress. In 1912 The Progressive Party of Theodore Roosevelt turned into the first political party that encouraged women suffrage, and with his support that is when things began to change for the better. The women who helped push this amendment
worked vigorously but some of the women’s strategies to push the issue differed, some women tried to pass suffrage acts in each and every state, but only nine of the western states decided to adopt the women suffrage legislation as late as 1912. Many other women confronted other male only laws in the court, to ensure women had every right as men. Other ways women tackled their rights was in public approaches. American Women held parades, hunger strikes, and vigils and if any of the supporters were caught they were either thrown in jail or abused mentally and physically. The majority of the suffrage organizations were combined together and united by the constitutional amendment. Suffrage laws differed between all the states. A total of 15 states allowed women to vote in every election, but 21 of the other states banned women from certain competition which included not being able to cast ballots during certain primaries, and the other 12 states banned women voting overall. Once Wyoming was considered a state, they became the first state that had women suffrage, and in the 1900s Colorado, Utah, and Idaho allied with Wyoming in accepting and giving women the right to vote. Soon after in 1917 New York finally accepted women suffrage, and in 1918 President Wilson altered his stand and supported the amendment. May 21, 1919, the amendment was passed by the House of Representatives, and soon after the Senate followed. Also Tennessee was the 36th state to approve the amendment on August 18, 1920, and the amendment was too adopted. Despite the struggle that remained with minority women and African Americans their promise for voting rights were never heard of, but the face of American women had changed forever.
worked vigorously but some of the women’s strategies to push the issue differed, some women tried to pass suffrage acts in each and every state, but only nine of the western states decided to adopt the women suffrage legislation as late as 1912. Many other women confronted other male only laws in the court, to ensure women had every right as men. Other ways women tackled their rights was in public approaches. American Women held parades, hunger strikes, and vigils and if any of the supporters were caught they were either thrown in jail or abused mentally and physically. The majority of the suffrage organizations were combined together and united by the constitutional amendment. Suffrage laws differed between all the states. A total of 15 states allowed women to vote in every election, but 21 of the other states banned women from certain competition which included not being able to cast ballots during certain primaries, and the other 12 states banned women voting overall. Once Wyoming was considered a state, they became the first state that had women suffrage, and in the 1900s Colorado, Utah, and Idaho allied with Wyoming in accepting and giving women the right to vote. Soon after in 1917 New York finally accepted women suffrage, and in 1918 President Wilson altered his stand and supported the amendment. May 21, 1919, the amendment was passed by the House of Representatives, and soon after the Senate followed. Also Tennessee was the 36th state to approve the amendment on August 18, 1920, and the amendment was too adopted. Despite the struggle that remained with minority women and African Americans their promise for voting rights were never heard of, but the face of American women had changed forever.