This Amendment is also known as the Anthony Amendment, in honor of Susan B. 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. This gives everyone the opportunity to participate in our elections and is a fair way for someone to be voted into office by both men and women voting. During the colonial times, the right to vote was limited to adult white males who owned property. On August 26, 1920 Susan B. Anthony made it possible for women to vote in the United States after many years of debates. For over thirty years Susan B. Anthony traveled the country almost ceaselessly working for women's rights. In 1906, her health failing, Anthony addressed her last womens's suffrage convention. 14 years after Anthony's death, the 19th amendment was added to the Constitution. 1995 marks the 75th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment to the constitution, giving women the right to vote. A resolution calling for woman suffrage was passed, after years and much debate, at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. These changes were spelled out in the Declaration of Sentiments a document based upon the Declaration of Independence. The women of seneca Falls had challanged America to social revolution with a list of demands that touched every aspect of life. Testing different approaches, the early women's rights leaders came to view the ballot as the best way to change the system, but they did not limit their efforts to one issue. Fifty years after the convention, women could claim progress in property rights, divorce and child custody laws, employment and educational opportunities, and increased social freedoms.
