The 19th Amendment was added to the Constitution because women felt that just like men, they obeyed laws, paid taxes to support the government, and are also citizens of a government of the people, by the people and for the people. So why couldn’t women vote? The fight for suffrage began in 1848 and took place in Seneca, New York. This was known as the first U.S. women’s rights convention. At this convention, women petitioned and protested for their rights to vote. The women responsible for this were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
