Module 3 Short Responses – Question 2 Congress held its final vote to approve the Nineteenth Amendment on June 4, 1919. Was this a necessary or a contributory cause of the success of the woman suffrage movement?

Yes, Congress holding its final vote to approve the Nineteenth Amendment was a necessary cause of the success of the women suffrage movement.

Explanation:

The women’s suffrage amendment, meant to prohibit discrimination on account of sex over the right to vote, had been a long pursued goal since it was first introduced in Congress in 1878. Congress, by joint resolution, approved it in 1919 and sent it to the states for ratification, and on August 18, 1920, women´s right to vote was finally ratified by the states and Congress became able to enforce it.