Constitutional amendments : beyond the Bill of Rights
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-161) and index
Historical background on the nineteenth amendment -- Voting rights trials -- Current debates on equality and voting rights
The Seneca Falls convention / Frederick Douglass -- Post-Civil War struggles / Ellen DuBois -- The resignation of a legend / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- The "Night of Terror" / Mary A. Nolan -- Congress passes the Nineteenth Amendment / The New York Times -- Women finally get the vote / Associated Press -- The trial of Susan B. Anthony / Doug Linder -- Minor v. Happersett: the Fourteenth Amendment does not give women voting rights / Morrison R. Waite -- The National Woman's Party trials / Kathryn Cullen-DuPont -- The Nebraska Referendum of 1919 / James E. Potter -- The poll tax case : Breedlove v. Suttles / Pierce Butler -- Guaranteeing the right to vote / John Bonifaz -- The perception of women in politics / Gloria Steinem -- The Electoral College should be abolished / The Rest of Us -- The Electoral College should be retained / Kevin R.C. Gutzman -- Women are still not equal / Liz Wiehl -- The Amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- Court cases relevant to the Nineteenth Amendment
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Discusses the historical background, legal cases, and current debate on and impact of voting rights on modern day life
Amendment 19
Amendment nineteen
Granting women the right to vote
United States., Constitution., 19th Amendment-- History