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  2. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The year 2020 marks the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as well as the 150th anniversary of the first women voting in Utah, which was the first state in the nation where women cast a ballot. [143] An annual celebration of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, known as Women's Equality Day, began on August 26, 1973. [144]

  3. Women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Amendment passed by two-thirds of the House, with only one vote to spare. The vote was then carried into the Senate. Again President Wilson made an appeal, but on September 30, 1918, the amendment fell two votes short of the two-thirds necessary for passage, 53–31 (Republicans 27–10 for, Democrats 26–21 for). [267]

  4. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Women are guaranteed the right to vote by the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In practice, the same restrictions that hindered the ability of non-white men to vote now also applied to non-white women. 1923. Texas passes a white primary law. [36] 1924

  5. When did women gain the right to vote? The history of the ...

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    19 th Amendment. Women in the U.S. won the right to vote for the first time in 1920 when Congress ratified the 19th Amendment.The fight for women’s suffrage stretched back to at least 1848, when ...

  6. Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1918: The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which eventually granted women suffrage, passes the U.S. House with exactly a two-thirds vote but loses by two votes in the Senate. Jeannette Rankin opens debate on it in the House, and President Wilson addresses the Senate in support of it. [6] [3]

  7. The 19th Amendment was an incomplete victory, and these ... - AOL

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    Amelia McNeil-Maddox, an 18-year-old voter from Maine, says the coincidence of the anniversary with her first time voting underlies just how monumental the right to vote even is.

  8. Aaron A. Sargent - Wikipedia

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    Aaron Augustus Sargent (September 28, 1827 – August 14, 1887) was an American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat. In 1878, Sargent historically introduced what would later become the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote.

  9. Politics Explained: How to protect your vote in 2024

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    However, over time, key amendments to the Constitution, like the 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments, as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965, expanded voting rights to Black men and women.