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If it passes, Amendment 4 will enfranchise about 1.5 million people.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2018

They then instituted a new movement demanding "one man, one vote," and the Government, which is Catholic, said: "If you compel this we will enfranchise women," believing that this would strengthen its power.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

America has given the women equal educational advantages, and America, we believe, will enfranchise them.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

Before you leave the Presidential chair recommend to Congress to submit to the Legislatures a Constitutional Amendment which will enfranchise women, and thus take your place in history with Lincoln, the great emancipator.

From Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian by Lutz, Alma