Constitutional amendments : beyond the Bill of Rights
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-161) and index
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Historical background on the nineteenth amendment -- Voting rights trials -- Current debates on equality and voting rights
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Discusses the historical background, legal cases, and current debate on and impact of voting rights on modern day life
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Amendment 19
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Amendment nineteen
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Granting women the right to vote
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United States., Constitution., 19th Amendment-- History