the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, enfranchising all American women and declaring for the first time that they, like men, deserve all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Instead of promoting a vision of gender equality, suffragists usually argued that the vote would enable women to be better wives and mothers. Women voters, they said, would bring their moral superiority and domestic expertise to issues of public concern.
The glorious revolution of 1688 in Britain had given more
power to the House of Commons in parliament and to King William II and
Queen Mary II. The combination of the power from the parliament and the King and
Queen made the platforms of the government more credible and reliable.
