Women’s Suffrage Amendment in the United States Historic Reason, Importance, and Cases

Women’s suffrage in the United States
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Women’s suffrage in the United States
Women's suffrage was the 19th amendment to the constitution of the U.S. It was ratified on 18th August 1920. This amendment allowed women to vote just like the men used to vote at that time. This bill was launched on a national level by women's rights movements in 1848. The women rights movements led by activists such as Susan Anthony continued raising public awareness and lobbying the government to grant women the right to vote. After 70 years, the amendment was finally ratified by the Supreme Court. This amendment states that citizen's right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The proposal to this amendment was taken to the house in 1918. For it to be ratified, two-thirds of House and Senate members were required make a "yes" vote. However, there was a tie vote of 48-48 which was eventually broken by Tennessee State. Accordingly, Women's Suffrage ensures that the equality of women to men is upheld. In turn, this results in liberty and happiness.
Initially, women in the United States did not have a legal right to vote. There existed traditional bias against the exercise of rights by females in favor of males. The rights of women such as voting were ignored and or suppressed in all the states. As such, they were not given a right to voice their opinion or contribute to any issues within the nation. Conversely, only wealthy women were allowed to vote in the colonial era (1712-1...