The 19th Amendment, barring denial of the vote on account of sex, was first introduced in Congress in 1878. It was not ratified until August 18, 1920.
ILLUSTRATION · AIThe 19th Amendment, barring denial of the vote on account of sex, was first introduced in 1878 and ratified on August 18, 1920.
The amendment provides that the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. It was first introduced in Congress in 1878, and Congress passed it on June 4, 1919, the National Archives says. When Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify it on August 18, 1920, it cleared its final hurdle: approval by three-fourths of the states.
Ratification did not ensure full enfranchisement. Decades of struggle to include African American and other minority women in the promise of voting rights remained, and many women were unable to vote long into the 20th century because of discriminatory state voting laws.
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