Critical Thinking Questions   Home       If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, women in all states across the U.S. were granted the right to vote. How do you think this right changed women's lives in general, and the perception of women's rights overall? The commentator in this video clip mentions the men who showed up to "jeer" at those women voting in the historic elections of 1920. Who do you think the anti-Suffragists were, and why do you think these men felt moved to publicly protest? Imagine being a woman during this era - what do you think your life would have been like and how would gaining "the vote" help you in your life? What do you think were some of the key issues for women during this time period? What measures and actions do you think advocates for women's rights took in order to publicize and finally triumph in their cause of the right to vote?