Amendment 19- Woman's Suffrage

• The 19th Amendment states:

“ 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."

• The 19th Amendment in our own words:

- The rights of citizens of the United States of America cannot be denied
or shortened by The United States or any other state because of their gender. Also, voting rights cannot be denied due to your gender either.

• Women have only been voting legally for 89 years. When this amendment was added, women were given the right to vote after much hard work.
• The 19th Amendment was proposed on June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920.
• The Congress proposed the Nineteenth Amendment on June 4, 1919 and the following states ratified the amendment:

1. Illinois (June 10, 1919, reaffirmed on June 17, 1919)
2. Michigan (June 10, 1919)
3. Wisconsin (June 10, 1919)
4. Kansas (June 16, 1919)
5. New York (June 16, 1919)
6. Ohio (June 16, 1919)
7. Pennsylvania (June 24, 1919)
8. Massachusetts (June 25, 1919)
9. Texas (June 28, 1919)
10. Iowa (July 2, 1919)
11. Missouri (July 3, 1919)
12. Arkansas (July 28, 1919)
13. Montana (August 2, 1919)
14. Nebraska (August 2, 1919)
15. Minnesota (September 8, 1919)
16. New Hampshire (September 10, 1919)
17. Utah (October 2, 1919)
18. California (November 1, 1919)
19. Maine (November 5, 1919)
20. North Dakota (December 1, 1919)
21. South Dakota (December 4, 1919)
22. Colorado (December 15, 1919)
23. Kentucky (January 6, 1920)
24. Rhode Island (January 6, 1920)
25. Oregon (January 13, 1920)
26. Indiana (January 16, 1920)
27. Wyoming (January 27, 1920)
28. Nevada (February 7, 1920)
29. New Jersey (February 9, 1920)
30. Idaho (February 11, 1920)
31. Arizona (February 12, 1920)
32. New Mexico (February 21, 1920)
33. Oklahoma (February 28, 1920)
34. West Virginia (March 10, 1920, confirmed on September 21, 1920)
35. Washington (March 22, 1920)
36. Tennessee (August 18, 1920

• Ratification was finished on August 18, 1920. The amendment was after ratified by the following states:

37. Connecticut (September 14, 1920, reaffirmed on September 21, 1920)
38. Vermont (February 8, 1921)
39. Delaware (March 6, 1923, after being rejected on June 2, 1920)
40. Maryland (March 29, 1941 after being rejected on February 24, 1920; not certified until February 25, 1958)
41. Virginia (February 21, 1952, after being rejected on February 12, 1920)
42. Alabama (September 8, 1953, after being rejected on September 22, 1919)
43. Florida (May 13, 1969)
44. South Carolina (July 1, 1969, after being rejected on January 28, 1920; not certified until August 22, 1973)
45. Georgia (February 20, 1970, after being rejected on July 24, 1919)
46. Louisiana (June 11, 1970, after being rejected on July 1, 1920)
47. North Carolina (May 6, 1971)48. Mississippi (March 22, 1984, after being rejected on March 29, 1920)

• There were many keyleaders in this rights movement. Many of them fought to prove and obtain there rights. Soem women are even heroes today. Some of these women are:
• Martha Wright Griffiths- a judge,congresswoman, state legislature, and first ever woman lieutenant governor
• Sandra Day O'Connor- first woman judge
• Abigail Adams - she was born in 1744 and and during that time she made commitments to politics and her federalist beliefs
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Started the fight to vote, and when she died, Susan B. Anthony continued leading it.
• Susan B. Anthony- she tried to run for president and was fined $1,000 for it. Was the first to start a public crusade.
• Carrie Chapman Catt- she was the leader of the international woman suffrage movement and started the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA)
• Geraldine Ferraro-first woman ever to run for vice president
• Hilary Clinton-first woman to (legally) run for president ( besides Susan B. Anthony )
• Soujourner Truth- Author of Woman's Rights speech "Ain't I A Woman"