Women's Rights In The 18th Century

The Nineteenth Amendment was added to the constitution because women did not have equal rights as the men did. In early history women did not have some of the same rights that male citizens had. Women that were married were expected to focus on raising children and house work. they weren't allowed to own property of their own and did not have claims to any money that they might have earned. Through the 18th century many reformed group's rioted across the Untied States against a mix of diffrent forms of organizations or movements and in a number of the women played a massive role. Many American women began to go against what people thought a "true American women should be" obedient and submissive, and started contribute to a new way of considering about what it actually means to be a citizen of the U.S and a women.
The first womens rights contention was held in Seneca Falls where more than three hundred people who were mostly women attended. Women believed that they should have better opportunities for employment and education, most of the delicates in Seneca Falls agreed that women were their own individuals and deserved their own political ideas. The women rights movements then found themselves in another setback after being divided over the issue of voting rights for black men. The Fifteenth Amendment was then ratified in 1870 and despite the conflict between the two organizations there was a win in voting rights in 1869 when Wyoming Territory gave women twenty one and older the right to vote. Women suffrage still continued on throughout the years until 1919 when a republican from Illinois proposed the house of resolution to accept and approve the Susan Anthony Amendment granting women the right to vote. The measure was passed the house with 42 votes above the required two-thirds majority and two weeks later on June 4th 1919 the Nineteenth Amendment was then