Why did supporters of women's suffrage oppose ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?
A) It was proposed by men.
B) They believed women had suffered enough and deserved emancipation.
C) They thought the Fourteenth Amendment provisions were adequate.
D) It would subject elite, educated women to the rule of base and illiterate males, especially immigrants and blacks.

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Supporters of women's suffrage opposed the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment because they believed it would subject elite, educated women to the rule of base and illiterate males, especially immigrants and blacks. They argued that if black men were given the right to vote before women, it would further marginalize women and reinforce the existing power structures that kept them oppressed.

Why Did Supporters of Women's Suffrage Oppose Ratification of the Fifteenth