The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to

vote, was passed in part because of the writing and speeches given by

A) Susan B. Anthony

B) Zora Neale Hurston

C) Edith Wharton.

D) Gertrude Stein.

The 19th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. The women's suffrage movement was founded in the mid-19th century by women who had become politically active through their work in the abolitionist and temperance movements Under the leadership of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and other women's rights pioneers, suffragists circulated petitions and lobbied Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to enfranchise women ... In the 20th century leadership of the suffrage movement passed to two organizations.