19th Amendment Research

     After researching on History.com, there were many reasonable arguments highlighted in the efforts to give women the right to vote. Women were denied the right to vote simply because so many people in America had been used to it that way for so long and they were not willing to accept a change so quickly or understand the arguments of the women who fought for those rights. The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870 which gave black men the right to vote. Many women felt had felt unfairly "inferior" to men as a Women's Suffrage movement began in the 1820's. It was a small but growing movement and when the 15th Amendment passed, these women felt they could do something bigger. In 1878 the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) helped to finally get an amendment proposed to Congress, but it failed in 1886. The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was founded by abolitionists Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell in 1869 , the same year as the NWSA was founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. In 1890 the NWSA and AWSA combined to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Women's Suffrage remained a large focus in America and spread throughout the country.
     The amendment continued to be on the rise as it began to be adopted by states individually. Multiple states, Wyoming being the first, had granted the voting rights separately and despite even the support of President Woodrow Wilson, the amendment was again defeated in 1918. Demonstrations were becoming more and more familiar to the public and these people would often be put in jail. In 1919 the amendment was proposed again by a U.S. Representative who was also a chairman of the Suffrage Committee. This passed in the house but the movement was still opposed by some southern states. The final vote came down to one person, a young Republican Harry T. Burn from Tennessee, who was personally opposed to the amendment, but who's mother convinced him to vote otherwise. The 19th amendment was from then on, officially ratified. 
Women demonstrating on the streets proclaiming President Wilson's support

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