According to John B. Gordon, a Southern point of view regarding the power of states under the <span>Constitution was that state sovereignty was more important than federal power. </span>
True I think look in your textbook
The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) opposed the Fifteenth Amendment, while the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) supported the new law. ... The pair believed that instead of supporting the Fifteenth Amendment as it was, women's rights activists should fight for women to be included as well.
