Susan B Anthony 19th Amendment

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On August 20, 1980, the 19th amendment was ratified. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the equal right to vote. It wasn’t an easy journey for women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These women would become the new face of the women’s liberation movement. Anthony and Stanton were commendable, principled women who introduced their big idea to Congress in 1878. Primarily, Anthony and Stanton had trouble getting the right attention from the right people. They would often protest and make signs or banners with phrases written on them that fall along the lines of this, “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” (William Lavender Oct. 2003). One evening they decided that they needed to find a different approach, so they protested right in front of the pearly white gates of the White House hoping to gain the attention of the President, Woodrow Wilson. Woodrow Wilson was first elected governor of New Jersey in the year 1910. This is …show more content…
Anthony and the 5 other women went to protest with their banners in front of the White House, the task force ran background checks to see who they were dealing with. It turns out one of these women was a university student; The other was an author of nursing books. A prominent campaign organizer and two former schoolteachers completed the so-called criminals list. These women were intelligent, not criminals. Yet, based on the large crowds that would form from their protesting, they were charged with “obstruction of traffic”. But was that really necessary? These women were given an option of consequence for their actions; they could either each pay the $25 fine, or suffer 3 days of imprisonment. If they had payed, what would it have taught other women? To always obey under mans control? Paying the money wasn’t an option because they would be admitting their guilt. They were led to the Washington