Question

Are we alone to ask and take the utmost that our women can give, -- service and sacrifice of every kind, -- and still say we do not see what title that gives them to stand by our sides in the guidance of the affairs of their nation and ours?
Why did President Wilson support the Nineteenth Amendment? Check all that apply.
Women deserved the right to participate.
Society did not ask women to uphold the same responsibilities as men.
Women shared the burden of supporting the nation.
Women did not contribute to the nation.
It would be hypocritical to deny women the right to vote.

Answer 1

Women deserved the right to participate.

Women shared the burden of supporting the nation.

It would be hypocritical to deny women the right to vote.

Answer 2

The correct answers are A) women deserve the right to participate, C) women shared the burden of supporting the nation, and E) it would be hypocritical to deny women the right to vote.

President Wilson supported the 19th Amendment in that women deserve the right to participate, women shared the burden of supporting the nation, and it would be hypocritical to deny women the right to vote.

On September 30, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress and expressed his support to women and their right to vote. The bill went to the Senate to vote but it did not reach consensus. The bill was killed. It was until August 18, 1920, that the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote with the 19th Amendment.