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The Woman Suffrage Movement And The Nineteenth Amendment.
The Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment
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The Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment
For my analysis of a historical event, the topic chosen for this paper is about woman suffrage movement during the time of World War I and passing of the nineteen amendment to the constitution of the USA as an aftermath. American women played a vital role during World War I in taking those positions which were left vacant by men and soldiers who became part of the war. New jobs were also created during this phase, and due to the absence of men in the labor market, women were recruited and enhance their skills to perform job tasks as required.
The contribution of women in World War I lead them to recognize how significant their role is in American society (Bolt, 2014). They analyzed that despite their continuous contribution for the sake of the nation, they were not given enough representation in policy-making of the country. The American women realized that they could only get this representation if all the states within the U.S gave full suffrage to women. They were in need of a movement to obtain their fundamental right to vote. Although woman suffrage movement was already active since the late 19th century, during World War I, its popularity increased among the women of America (Bolt, 2014). The pressure was so enormous that after several failures to win the votes for the amendment bill, the 19th constitutional amendment eventually got passed from Senate after the end of World War I (Siegel, 2001).
The inclusion of the nineteenth amendment in the U.S constitution guaranteed voting rights for all American citizens regardless of their gender (Siegel, 2001). This constitutional amendment was a great success for women as now they were able to elect their candidates and make them part of the American Congress. This success was only possible due to the efforts women put in for the nation to make them progress during the critical period of World War I.
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Bolt, C. (2014). The Women's Movements in the United States and Britain from the 1790s to the 1920s. Routledge.
Siegel, R. B. (2001). She the People: The Nineteenth Amendment, Sex Equality, Federalism, and the Family. Harv. L. Rev., 115, 947.
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