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Later that month, Texas became the first state in the South and the ninth state in the United States to ratify the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [394] The Texas House approved the federal amendment on June 24, 1919 by a vote of 96 to 21 and the Texas Senate approved it on June 28, 1919 by a voice vote.
June 28 The Texas legislature ratified the 19th Amendment. [2] Texas was the ninth state and the first Southern state to ratify the amendment. [37] June the Texas Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage was disbanded. [29] October TESA holds a victory convention, dissolves the group and reorganizes itself as the League of Women Voters of Texas. [2]
Governor Hobby put the ratification of the amendment on the legislative agenda. [83] On June 28, 1919, Texas ratified the amendment. [85] The house approved it by a vote of 96 to 21 on June 23 and the senate passed it by a voice vote five days later. [86] Texas was the ninth state and the first Southern state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment ...
On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. The amendment came after more than 70 years of struggle for women suffragists ...
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]
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
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When a constitutional amendment is sent to the states for ratification, the Archivist of the United States is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 U.S.C. § 106b. [5]