Question

How did the views of Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone differ on the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment

Answer 1

The Fourteenth Amendment assured that anyone who was born in the United States, man or woman, white or black, was to be considered a citizen of the country.

However, it also included the word male in the document when it comes to voting, making it clear that woman were not given equal rights. The fifteenth Amendment made sure that no men, again, nothing about women, would be denied the right to vote because of his race.

Susan B. Anthony objected the new law immediately. It was her opinion that the new law just created a new challenge for the female activists.

Lucy Stone, on the other hand, believed that the Amendments were an advance anyways and she was ok with the law, considering that she also believed that it would not take much longer for woman to have the right to vote.