Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
WEBThe Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote.
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to …
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle—victory took decades of agitation and protest.
19th Amendment ‑ Definition, Passage & Summary - HISTORY
WEBMar 5, 2010 · The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest.
Nineteenth Amendment | History, Suffrage, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Nineteenth Amendment, amendment (1920) to the Constitution of the United States that officially extended the right to vote to women. Opposition to woman suffrage in the United States predated the Constitutional Convention (1787), which drafted and adopted the Constitution.
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WEBNineteenth Amendment. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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WEB19th Amendment. Women’s Right to Vote. Universal suffrage proposals first emerged during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877). Suffragists later modeled their proposal after the 15th Amendment (1870) and settled on language to end sex discrimination in voting.
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to …
WEBAug 3, 2021 · Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest.
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WEBRatified in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying or abridging a U.S. citizen’s right to vote on the basis of sex, thereby recognizing women’s suffrage—in other words, a woman’s right to vote.
The U.S. Movement, Leaders & 19th Amendment - HISTORY
WEBOct 29, 2009 · The women’s suffrage movement was a decades‑long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified ...
19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote | Constitution Center
WEB19th Amendment. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.