Many of the women and men, who worked for the establishment of women’s rights, were also committed to abolition and the establishment of human rights for slaves. [See 6/13 &14] So it is appropriate and poignant that the 14th Amendment advanced the rights of both groups. However, during the work for the 15th Amendment there came a time when some women had to choose between women’s suffrage and advancing the rights of former slaves. Unfortunately, the climate was not right for advancing the rights of both.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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