THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
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The women’s suffrage movement lobbied Congress.
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Seneca Falls delegates persuaded President Wilson to approve suffrage.
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Fifty years of effort by suffragists secured approval of the 19th Amendment.
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Under pressure from a few women, Congress passed the 19th Amendment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The women’s suffrage movement made the question of women’s voting rights into an important political issue in the 19th century. The struggle was particularly intense in Great Britain and in the United States, but those countries were not the first to grant women the right to vote, at least not on a national basis.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 19th Amendment makes it illegal to deny the right to vote to any citizen based on their sex, which effectively granted women the right to vote. It was first introduced to Congress in 1878 and was finally certified 42 years later in 1920.
Detailed explanation-3: -On June 4, 1919, it was brought before the Senate and, after Southern Democrats abandoned a filibuster, 36 Republican Senators were joined by 20 Democrats to pass the amendment with 56 yeas, 25 nays, and 14 not voting. The final vote tally was: 20 Democrats Yea. 17 Democrats Nay.
Detailed explanation-4: -Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle-victory took decades of agitation and protest.