To give equal voting rights to women.
Congress did not enact that amendment or any other. The STATES amended the Constitution to allow female voting.
The proposed amendment was passed by Congress while Woodrow Wilson was President. I don't think Wilson pushed for it much.
This was known as the Women's Suffrage Amendment, and it gave women the right to vote in America.
National women's suffrage, however, did not exist until 1920. During the beginning of the twentieth century, as women's suffrage gained in popularity, suffragists were subject to arrests and many were jailed. Finally, President Woodrow Wilson urged Congress to pass what became, when it was ratified in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage#United_States
it was the amendment that gave women the right to vote
The Women's Suffrage Act, specifically the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, took several decades to pass. The movement for women's suffrage began in earnest in the mid-19th century, with significant activism occurring through the late 1800s and early 1900s. The amendment was introduced in Congress in 1878, but it wasn't until 1920 that it was finally ratified, granting women the right to vote. Thus, the journey spanned over 70 years of advocacy and struggle.
The proposed amendment was passed by Congress while Woodrow Wilson was President. I don't think Wilson pushed for it much.
The amendment that Congress passed in 1865 was the Thirteenth amendment and it banned slavery in the United States.
16th amendment
Women who worked for suffrage won the vote by having Congress petitioned. This is what led to the creation of the 19th Amendment.
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Congress passed the 11th amendment on March 4, 1794.
An amendment allows Congress to pass new laws to help define or clarify unclear provisions. An amendment is an addition to what is already printed.
This was known as the Women's Suffrage Amendment, and it gave women the right to vote in America.
cooper church amendment
The 19th Amendment is the amendment that guarantees suffrage.
Congress feared that the fourteenth amendment would not pass.