Month: September 2020

Basic Information The Fifteenth Amendment was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869 and added to the Constitution of the United States on February 3, 1870 (“The 15th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” n.d.). The amendment was one of three constitutional amendments enacted during the Reconstruction period after the end of the Civil War (Pildes…

Basic Information  While much of the literature regarding women’s activities during the first wave of feminism tends to focus around their fight for personal rights such as suffrage, their efforts toward greater social reform are often overshadowed. Such is the case when it comes to women’s work for peace. From the movement’s significant membership of…