ists ▁had ▁hoped , ▁also ▁prohib it ▁the ▁den ial ▁of ▁suff rage ▁because ▁of ▁sex . ▁ ▁( The ▁am end ment ▁was ▁approved ▁by ▁Congress ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁and ▁rat ified ▁by ▁the ▁states ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 0 .) ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁convention , ▁Francis ▁Bird , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁polit icians ▁in ▁Massachusetts , ▁said , ▁" N eg ro ▁suff rage , ▁being ▁a ▁param ount ▁question , ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁settled ▁before ▁woman ▁suff rage ▁could ▁receive ▁the ▁attention ▁it ▁des erved ." ▁ ▁Am id ▁increasing ▁confidence ▁that ▁the ▁Fif teenth ▁Am end ment ▁was ▁assured ▁of ▁passage , ▁Lucy ▁Stone , ▁a ▁future ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁NE WS A , ▁showed ▁her ▁preference ▁for ▁enf ranch ising ▁both ▁women ▁and ▁black ▁men ▁by ▁unexpected ly ▁introdu cing ▁a ▁resolution ▁calling ▁for ▁the ▁Republican ▁Party ▁to ▁" drop ▁its ▁watch word ▁of ▁' Man hood ▁Su ff rage '" ▁and ▁support ▁universal ▁suff rage ▁instead . ▁ ▁Despite ▁opposition ▁by ▁Frederick ▁Doug lass , ▁William ▁Lloyd ▁G arrison ▁and ▁Frances ▁Har per , ▁Stone ▁convinced ▁the ▁meeting ▁to ▁appro ve ▁the ▁resolution . ▁Two ▁months ▁later , ▁however , ▁when ▁the ▁Fif teenth ▁Am end ment ▁was ▁in ▁danger ▁of ▁becoming ▁st alled ▁in ▁Congress , ▁Stone ▁back ed ▁away ▁from ▁that ▁position ▁and ▁declared ▁that ▁" W oman ▁must ▁wait ▁for ▁the ▁Neg ro ." ▁ ▁The ▁NE WS A ▁supported ▁the ▁Fif teenth ▁Am end ment