It had been some time since America declared itself independent from British rule, the Civil war was now over, and both the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments had been signed into the United States Constitution. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments gave black men the same constitutional rights as white men, but women, both black and white, still did not have rights. Women could not vote, own land, have custody of their own children, get divorced, or hold jobs, and in the eyes of the law they were not even Citizens of the country in which they were born. The hurdle of black american rights having been overcome it was now time to tackle the rights of american
It had been some time since America declared itself independent from British rule, the Civil war was now over, and both the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments had been signed into the United States Constitution. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments gave black men the same constitutional rights as white men, but women, both black and white, still did not have rights. Women could not vote, own land, have custody of their own children, get divorced, or hold jobs, and in the eyes of the law they were not even Citizens of the country in which they were born. The hurdle of black american rights having been overcome it was now time to tackle the rights of american