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Following the Nineteenth Amendment's adoption, many legislators feared that a powerful women's bloc would emerge in American politics However a women’s bloc did not emerge until the 1950’s The passage of the 19 th amendment was a huge turning point in the history of the United States
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THE 19TH AMENDMENT & WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
The 19th Amendment “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.”
Ratified August 26, 1920 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton drafted the amendment and first introduced it in 1878
19th Amendment (ctd) Following the Nineteenth Amendment's
adoption, many legislators feared that a powerful women's bloc would emerge in American politics
However a women’s bloc did not emerge until the 1950’s
The passage of the 19th amendment was a huge turning point in the history of the United States
Women's Suffrage The Nineteenth
Amendment's text was drafted by Susan B. Anthony with the assistance of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It took nearly 50 years for women to gain voting privileges after the draft was created
Suffrage Suffrage is defined as: the right to vote,
especially in a political election.
The Timeline 1866: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan
B. Anthony form the American Equal Rights Association, an organization for white and black women and men dedicated to the goal of universal suffrage.
1870: The Fifteenth Amendment enfranchises black men
1878: A Woman Suffrage Amendment is introduced in the United States Congress
Timeline 1895: Elizabeth Cady Stanton publishes
The Woman's Bible 1912: Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive
(Bull Moose/Republican) Party becomes the first national political party to adopt a woman suffrage plank.
1916: Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first American woman elected to represent her state in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Timeline August 26, 1920: The Nineteenth
Amendment is ratified
Social Effects Had an impact on the gender composition of
political office holders Changed the way both American citizens and
Congress members as a whole tended to vote Although women were granted the right to
vote in 1920, women did not turn out to the polls in the same numbers as men until 1980
In the 2012 "presidential election", Barack Obama won 55% of the women’s vote as compared to Mitt Romney’s 44% (Romney won the male vote, but lost the election)
