19th Amendment Is Ratified- Women Have The Right To Vote In America-This Day 1920

 

On this day in 1920 the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution which guaranteed women the right to vote is ratified in the state of Tennessee giving the amendment the 2/3rds majority of states ratifying it making it the law of the land.  It had passed the US Congress in July 1919. The struggle for voting rights for women and a long one. Finally in 1918 President Woodrow Wilson changed his position to supporting it and things began to finally move on it after decades of struggle.

 

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