Nineteenth Amendment

The Nineteenth Amendment was a women's suffrage amendment that was introduced to congress in 1868. Ten years later, the suffrage supporters proposed the new Amendment. They called this the "so-called Anthony Amendment", named for Susan B. Anthony, which was modeled off of the Fifteenth Amendment. This amendment provided 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".  Suffragists were unsure of the prospects of a constitutional amendment and resorted to breaking laws. Susan B. Anthony was prosecuted for attempting to vote when she did not have a "lawful right". After being convicted the Supreme Court rejected the her rights and held the Fourteenth Amendment against her. Their evidence was that the Fourteenth Amendment did not give the right to vote to women. The Constitution allows states to determine the qualifications for voting and before the amendment, most states neglected women. Taken back by the women's activist, the suffragist movement succeeding and persuaded Congress to enact the Nineteenth Amendment in 1919. The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified on August 18th 1920. This amendment guarantees women the right to vote and was a huge accomplishment in the history of women.

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