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The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
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Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1920 amendment mandating women's suffrage
The Nineteenth Amendment 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. The amendment was the culmination of a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Suffrage
Right to vote in public and political elections
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums. In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)