Why can the position of the vice president be considered both very important and very unimportant?

The paradox of the vice presidency is that the holder of the office is a heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the nation, and yet the office comes with very few formal powers. So, the position is important because its occupant has the potential to rise to the presidency, but the position is unimportant because its occupant has very little formal power.

19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote—a right known as woman suffrage. At the time the U.S. was founded, its female citizens did not share all of the same rights as men, including the right to vote.