AMENDMENT 19

WHEN WAS IT CREATED AND WHY?

• Ratified August 26, 1920
• Women were fighting for suffrage

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

• Women get right to vote
• Gave women a say in elections
• Goal was getting equal rights

PROS

• Women can have say in gov.
• Women can run for congress
• Men don't have all power

CONS

• Men don't view women as equals
• They view women as lower rank

MINOR VS. HAPPERSETT

• Happersett was sued because he didn't put
• Virginia Minor on the list of registered voters
• Happersett won the case