The Nineteenth Amendment
...d they stated, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal…” Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were two main leaders of this convention. After a very long and consistent fight over women’s suffrage, they finally won with a vote of 56 to 25, and the amendment was added to the Constitution. The suffrage leaders had two more than the necessary two-thirds vote of the senators that were present. This amendment, which was already passed by the House, now had to go to the states in order to be ratified. It then was passed in the form in which it had been adopted by Congress. There are many different groups of people that oppose the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution. One group is called the MAN’S Association. They have held many protests opposing the rights of women. They believed that if women are allowed to vote, then they should also be able to become members of Parliament. Harold Brown, a leader of this group, says that,” women’s interests are not the same as men’s interests, and if they were, even still it was not worth giving them the right to vote.” Men of this group all agree that women should only be allowed to vote in local elections, but not in national elections, and only those women who were householders can vote in the local elections. Few changes have been proposed to the 19th amendment. Senator Underwood of Alabama called for a vote on his amendment to submit the suffrage amendment to constitutional conventions of the various states, instead of to the legislatures, for ratification. This was defeated by a vote of 45 against to 28 in favor. Senator Gay of Louisiana offered an amendment proposing enforcements of the suffrage amendment by the states, instead of by the federal government. Gay believed that from conducting a survey of the states, he could predict that 13 states would not ratify the amendment, and this would be enough to block it. His prediction was wrong, and he was defeated 62 to 19. These were two changes that were proposed to the 19th amendment. I do believe that women should have the right to vote. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal. Although the language states that “men” in particular are ...