Question:
The suffragettes did not agree on the best strategy for women to gain the right to vote. Some suffragettes prefer obtaining the right to vote by focusing on one state at a time, while others wanted a federal constitutional amendment which would change the law in the entire country. Which of the strategy do you think was smarter? Why? (Make sure to explain your answer)

I think that going state-by-state was smarter because although the effects would not be as widespread, it would be easier to obtain the result desired of obtaining the right to vote. It would have been very hard to get the amount needed (2/3 of all states) to obtain the amendment with no prior suffrage laws. Some state governments were not very inclined to let women vote, so this was a huge barrier that could be somewhat bypassed by just going one state at a time

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