The 19th Amendment guaranteed that women throughout the United States would have the right to vote on equal terms with men. Freedman also discusses how the women's suffrage movement split over race after the Civil War, what it did and did not achieve, and what can be learned from this history. The 19th Amendment also played a pivotal role in promoting reproductive rights for women, ushering in a new voting population with a political agenda that would ultimately legalize contraception and abortion. Women also experienced economic progress as a result, with the increased availability of family-planning services and supplies allowing more women to enroll in higher education and enter professional occupations.
