Discrimination has been a major problem in North America, dating back to the 1400’s discriminating against the African American race and culture, who were exported in to become slaves. Once the United States gained its independence from Great Britain, and later passed the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery people would still discriminant against African Americans. The African Americans would not be the only race to get discriminated in the United States the Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, and women would also get discriminated. All the discrimination in the United States caused major dilemmas in society and created major landmark cases decided by the Supreme Court Justices. The landmark civil rights case, Hernandez v. Texas extended
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Approximately one hundred people were present at the small meeting two thirds of the people were female. The Meeting addressed how women got discriminated in career opportunities in law, medicine, education, and deserved equal pay. In order for the women to have a voice in society was to end suffrage, and gain the right to vote. The National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) devoted its efforts to change federal laws and oppose the 15th Amendment because it excluded women. In addition, to National Women Suffrage Association a second group formed American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was ran by Lucy Stone who was once an antislavery advocate in Massachusetts. During the 1880’s the two groups struggled to maintain their momentum on women suffrage, but shifted in the early 1890’s.Once three other states besides Wyoming granted women to vote Colorado, Utah and Idaho. Congresswomen Ruth Hanna McCormick help lead the fight for women suffrage as a lobbyist in Springfield, Illinois when the state legislature granted women the right to vote east of the Mississippi river. Once the war was over congress allowed women the right to vote on June 4, 1919 and was ratified on August 18,1920. This allowed women to have a voice in society and end the discrimination against
Approximately one hundred people were present at the small meeting two thirds of the people were female. The Meeting addressed how women got discriminated in career opportunities in law, medicine, education, and deserved equal pay. In order for the women to have a voice in society was to end suffrage, and gain the right to vote. The National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) devoted its efforts to change federal laws and oppose the 15th Amendment because it excluded women. In addition, to National Women Suffrage Association a second group formed American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was ran by Lucy Stone who was once an antislavery advocate in Massachusetts. During the 1880’s the two groups struggled to maintain their momentum on women suffrage, but shifted in the early 1890’s.Once three other states besides Wyoming granted women to vote Colorado, Utah and Idaho. Congresswomen Ruth Hanna McCormick help lead the fight for women suffrage as a lobbyist in Springfield, Illinois when the state legislature granted women the right to vote east of the Mississippi river. Once the war was over congress allowed women the right to vote on June 4, 1919 and was ratified on August 18,1920. This allowed women to have a voice in society and end the discrimination against