Most people who had urged for woman rights had also allied themselves with the movement to abolish slavery. Elizabeth Candy Stanton stated on the Republican Congress's determining to extend voting rights to black. If the 14th amendment was going to be applied to blacks it had to be for woman, because there are both fighting for the same cause. Elizabeth Canty Stanton organized both the National Woman's Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association in 1869, and began appealing for a constitutional amendment that would guarantee women the right to vote. The 14th Amendment in 1868 stated that all persons born or naturalized in the United States shall enjoy full rights. This was done to protect the rights of freed slaves and minorities after the Civil War, but it applies equally to all Americans, so therefor woman felt that it was part of there constitutional rights. in 1875 the case Minor v. Happersett, brought, , by Virginia Minor, the woman who had first argued that as a citizen of the United States, she was constitutionally protected in her right to vote. Minors vote was refused after trying in 1872 but along with woman rights movements and early womans rights activists such as Elisabeth canty santon and susan B. Antony the womans suffrage has finally been recognize. The employment rating s for woman has been rising, making it essayer for woman to own their own businesses. It also gaved woman opportunity for higher education. dew to there non ending demand and stuggle over the past decade in august 26 1920 congress has passed the 19th amendment stating ("The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.").