Why Is The 19th Amendment Important

On March 3rd, 1907, Alice Paul and several of her colleagues marched down the streets of Pennsylvania with signs that read, “Mr. President, how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.” This was only one of the many marches and protests that was held in support of women’s suffrage rights. (2) After many years of protesting, petitioning and parading, the 19th amendment was finally added to the constitution on June 18th, 1920, officially granting women the right to vote. Then, in 1922, a group of men in Maryland once again tried to take away our rights, suing the state for allowing women to vote (ie. Leser vs. Garnett). They were unanimously overruled in Supreme Court, and no effort to take our rights has been made since. (3) Though all of the amendments are important in protecting our rights and freedom, I believe that the 19th is the most important one because it shows that women and men are equals. It states that you cannot keep someone from voting on account of their gender; that anyone and everyone can vote. (4) Without the 19th amendment, our world would be prejudiced and sexist. Women are
Since women can vote, we can get Reps and Senators in Congress, so we are represented and our opinions taken into account when laws are made. Gender and race suffrage is extremely important, because if not everyone can vote, you don’t have a democracy. People used to believe that one gender was superior to the other, and for that assumption, the rights and protection of women were taken. Men used to be able to beat their wives whenever and for whatever they wanted. We were allowed to be beaten, simply because we were women.The very idea that you could beat someone for something they had no control over is absurd. We need the 19th amendment because without it, we do not have a democracy, gender equality, or