Nineteenth Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote.

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Nineteenth Amendment

As Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment enfranchising women, for example, it specifically rejected a proposal to allow only states to enforce the amendment.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2020

So there are no women in Congress the following year, when it finally votes to pass the Nineteenth Amendment.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 16, 2016

Specifically, the Nineteenth Amendment prohibited all efforts to deny the right to vote on the basis of sex.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Alice Paul raises a glass in celebration of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling