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Susan B. Anthony was opposed to the Fourteenth Amendment because it gave rights to citizens regardless of race, but it did not mention gender. Congress voted against the proposal; however, in 1869 James Brooks reintroduced it as part of the Fifteenth Amendment (Imbornoni). His proposal was once again denied. When the Fifteenth Amendment was passed, it became the model for the suffrage amendment or Susan B. Anthony Amendment. The Susan B. Anthony amendment was discussed regularly in Congress from 1880 until 1919 when it was finally signed and sent to states for ratification