AMENDMENT 19
The amendment that I chose to do my report on is the 19th amendment. This amendment
guaranteed the voting right to all of the American woman. The victory of this
amendment took decades to be passed. In August of 1995 marked the 75th
anniversary of the ratification of this amendment. This amendment was ratified
on August 24,1920. The first three states to approve this amendment were
Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan.
When this amendment was first put out into the society the men and people
didn’t know what to think. They mostly thought of it as outrageous to let a
woman vote. A lot of people also thought of this as something that they didn’t
have to worry about that it was just some stupid thing that would go away.
Woman on the other hand took this matter very seriously. They often held silent
vigils and hunger strikes. When the women did this they were often heckled at,
discriminated against, sent to jail, and some men even physically abused them.
One of the more famous parades that they groups of woman had was call the
“SUFFARAGE PARADE”. This parade was held in New York City in 1912. New York
adopted women’s suffrage in 1917. The president Woodrow Wilson started to
change his mind on which side that he thought was right. He began leaning more
towards the woman’s side. When he did this he made more people think that it
was good what the woman were doing. On May 21, 1919 the House of
Representatives passed the amendment. Just two weeks after the Senate did the
same thing. Tennessee was the 36th out of 50 states to ratify this amendment.
Now a day’s many people would think that this would be silly and stupid, but to
many women back then if was a very serious matter. Now a days every United
States citizen no matter their race their sex or anything can vote. I think
that what the woman did was very strong and courageous. When people pushed them
they just got up and pushed right back. They never gave up and I would truly
like to thank each and every one of them.