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The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote.
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In Colonial America, women had fixed gender roles they learned from their mothers. Growing up, a woman was legally subordinate to her father. When she was married she became a feme covert (French: a married woman). Her property and her legal status transferred to her husband. The intent of this protected-class status was to protect women from the e...
When the Nineteenth Amendment became law, it guaranteed the right to vote could not be denied on account of sex. However, it was not the same as women being allowed to vote. The Supreme Court case of Leser v. Garnett (1922), while not intended to do so, established this right. The plaintiffs challenged the Nineteenth Amendment as being unconstituti...
View All Pages in the National Archives Catalog. View Transcript. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote.
- New Jersey allows women to vote. In 1776, New Jersey didn’t restrict voting to men in its state constitution. Women who met certain qualifications voted until 1807, when the state passed a law restricting voting to “free, white, male citizen[s].”
- World Anti-Slavery Convention. Many women participated in the anti-slavery movement. They petitioned Congress and fought for the right to speak in public.
- New York Married Women’s Property Act. Under the legal doctrine known as “coverture,” married women couldn’t sue or be sued, enter into contracts, or hold property of their own.
- Seneca Falls Convention. The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s rights convention in American history. It attracted nearly 300 people and produced the famous Declaration of Sentiments, which included a resolution for voting rights.
Mar 5, 2010 · The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of...
