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It wasn't so much a law that they couldn't vote, as just that it wasn't thought proper for a woman to vote. The Constitution specified any man could vote, but didn't even contemplate the concept that women might want to vote as well.
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What didsusan b Anthony do that made her famous?
Susan B. Anthony tried to vote and in her time women were not allowed to vote. This caused her to be arrested and she soon ended up in court. She got other women to help her protest against the law that women did not have the right to vote. Soon it was said in the 19th amendment in the Constitution that women have the right to vote. Unfortunately, Susan B. Anthony wasn't alive to see the 19th amendment.
Did the law ever state that women cannot vote?
Yes, at one time the law stated woman could not vote, and it also stated only men who owned property could vote.
The was the effect of the woman suffrage?
Women's suffrage was the movement which led to gaining the right to vote for women. As a result, society has changed because women play a role in public decision making and have also been increasingly running for and gaining positions in government.
What was the president who made the law that women had the right to vote?
Woodrow Wilson was the President when the women's suffrage amendment (19th) was ratified into law on August 18, 1920. ( You should realize that the President plays no direct role in the proposal or ratification of constitutional amendments.)
Before the 19th Amendment where did it say that women couldn't vote?
There was no law saying woman could not vote, they were merely excluded from the group that the Constitution and later amendments deemed able to vote.
How did the women receive the right to vote?
Women received the right to vote in 1920. The 19th amendment was made into law especially for the right for women to vote. The 15th amendment is for other races to vote.
Why women couldn't vote?
The law didn't allow them to vote. At one time only landowners could vote and women were not allowed to own land. It all changed after World War 1
What didsusan b Anthony do that made her famous?
Susan B. Anthony tried to vote and in her time women were not allowed to vote. This caused her to be arrested and she soon ended up in court. She got other women to help her protest against the law that women did not have the right to vote. Soon it was said in the 19th amendment in the Constitution that women have the right to vote. Unfortunately, Susan B. Anthony wasn't alive to see the 19th amendment.
What did the women's did to have the right to vote?
women had the right to vote in the 1920. the law of women being able to vote is the 19th amendment in the constitution.
When did colonial women first get the vote?
If you are referring to women in the American Colonies, they didn't. Women in America were allowed to vote for the first time in 1869 when the territory of Wyoming passed a law allowing it. More and more states followed suit until 1920, when the 19th Ammendment, the amendment formally allowing all women in America to vote, was ratified.
What law says women can vote?
the law of the men. (7:14)
Why was Anthony arrested?
It was against the law for women to vote.
What year did women have the right to vote in the us?
The right for women to vote was ensured by the 15th Amendment in 1920.Fifteenth Amendment: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."Some states had already allowed women to vote at the state level before this time.
What was the first state to let women vote in national elections?
Technically it was New Jersey, but that right was taken away from New Jersey women in 1807. Wyoming became the first place to let women vote where that right was never taken away. The story is complicated ,so see the details below.New Jersey granted women the vote under the state constitution of 1776, New Jersey women lost the vote in 1807The territory of Wyoming passed their suffrage law on December 10, 1869,. This became the first time the right to vote for women was protected by law and was never taken away. Wyoming became a state in 1890, and the suffrage law just carried over into its state constitution. Although suffrage was granted to the women of Wyoming first, Utah was the first place where women were allowed to vote under the law .The territorial legislature of the Utah Territory gave women the right to vote on February 12, 1870 . The first woman voted on February 14, 1870, after both Wyoming and Utah had granted suffrage to women, but before Wyoming had held a election. Thus Utah was the first place where a women voted, and her right to vote was protected and allowed by law. However the United States Congress disenfranchised Utah women, and took away their voting rights, with the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1887. It was not until Utah was granted statehood in 1896 that women were again allowed to vote.In 1893 the state of Colorado adopted an amendment granting women the right to vote.
Were the suffragetes law makers or law breakers?
Suffragettes demonstrated to try to get votes for women. Sometimes they broke the law in their demonstrations. They were hoping to get new laws made that allowed votes for women. So they were both law breakers and law makers.
A political reform which allowed people to vote for or against a law?
referendum
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