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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Example Sentences

Although some of their goals, such as achieving property rights for married women, were reached early on, their biggest goal—winning the right to vote—required the 1920 passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

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

After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, many women believed that they had accomplished their goals and dropped out of the movement.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Alice Paul was thirty-five years old when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling