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    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

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    fight against inequality but‚ it wasn’t easy at all because they had to face long struggle known as women’s suffrage movement that give the women right to vote. That’s why the 19th amendment was the results of decades of efforts that women put in order to get granted officially with the right to vote in the form of an amendment to the constitution.

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    The 18th and 19th Amendments The 1920’s was a period of great change for America. Both the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments were passed in the this time period‚ while World War I had just ended two years before. The ratification of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments affected American’s in many ways. While at the same time the War just ending was doing the same thing‚ with soldiers returning home it was hard for them to go back to civilian life. The Eighteenth Amendment established an era

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    School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read.  One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and

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    The nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920‚ giving all women the right to vote. This amendment was the result of over two generations of women’s protests and hard work. The nineteenth Amendment was officially ratified on August 18‚ 1920‚ but it was introduced to Congress 42 years earlier‚ in 1878. This amendment guaranteed that all women who were citizens of the United States could not be denied or restricted from voting based on their gender. Many thought that this right was implied in the fourteenth

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    has ever been able to have the same political rights as men. The newly adapted 19th amendment to the United States Constitution which states women are now granted the right to vote. Before this amendment was adopted by the citizens of the United States‚ one must consider where the idea came from for giving women the right to vote. If the United States did not grant women such a request‚ then how did this amendment even become an issue? From all understanding‚ the United States when it was founded

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    19th Amendment to the Constitution * Women gained the right to vote in 1920 in the 19th Amendment. Due to societal norms of the past‚ many women chose not to vote. The League of Women Voters was formed the same year to educate women about political issues and candidates‚ as well as encourage participation in the political process. One of the founders was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ Carrie Chapman Catt. Read more: Roaring Twenties Political Events | eHow

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    The 19th amendment - The 19th amendment was passed on August 18‚ 1920. This amendment gave women the right to vote‚ it made women equal to men in the political eyes. This happened after Tennessee legalized women’s rights as the 35th state. Since‚ it was the 35th state that passed this law making the two-thirds law kick in as majority rules. Women’s rights marches - This was marches that women suffragist did to spread the word about women’s oppressment. The biggest march was in 1913 started by

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    and think and want to do more research on the laws that both define and take away freedom. The nineteenth amendment was ratified in 1920 and gave women the right to vote. While I am aware there was a long struggle in the time between the ratification of the 15th and the 19th amendments‚ I don’t think I truly understood the urgency of the situation between those points in time.

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    How the 19th Amendment Affects Womankind Imagine it’s voting day‚ every poll is filled to the brim with citizens. You are running errands with your family‚ but out of the corner of your eye you catch a woman trying to be involved in the election by voting. As you pass by more and more polls‚ you notice more and more women. Next thing you know‚ there are screams of terror as those women are being dragged out of the polls‚ being treated like wild animals. You and your family are sprinting to be separated

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