Amendment XIX

"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. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

This amendment is very important as it finally gave the right to vote to all of its citizens, regardless of race or sex. Women were finally given the right to vote and make their voices heard, allowing the approximately 50% of the population that had been undermined and ignored for years to finally participate in the political society that they lived in.

The nineteenth amendment finally allowed the women of the United States to participate fully in their political lives, granting them the right to vote and make their voices heard. This combined with the fifteenth amendment created a diversity that voting had not quite experienced before, as seen in the image above.

Before the nineteenth amendment was passed, an age of women's rights and suffrage emerged in the 19th century. Working in tandem with the abolition movement, it encouraged members of the United States to work with women and fight for their right to vote. It took a long long time for their dreams to finally become a reality, but their work and dream are forever a part of the United States political landscape.