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19th Amendment: Women’s Right to Vote
Introduction
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
With the 19th Amendment, women won the right to vote. This Amendment grew out of decades of advocacy by the suffragists and their allies. Women’s suffrage began out West in the late 1800s and eventually spread to the rest of the nation—culminating in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Even so, it would take many more years—and the hard work of the Civil Rights Movement—to extend voting rights on the ground to all women, including women of color.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention? What was the Declaration of Sentiments? And what did this key moment suggest about the roots of the women’s rights movement in the mid-1800s?
What were the constitutional arguments advanced by those supporting the women’s vote and those advanced by those opposing it?
What did the Nineteenth Amendment settle when it was ratified, and what work remained in the decades ahead?
Videos: Recorded Classes
| Women’s History Featuring Lisa Tetrault All Ages Session Session |
Women’s Fight for Equality and the 19th Amendment |
Women’s Fight for Equality and the 19th Amendment |
Explore the 19th Amendment
Interactive Constitution
Drafting Table
Dig Deeper into the amendment and related documents to see how the language changed over time.
The Awakening: Interactive Map
Discover how women's suffrage at the state level paved the way for the 19th Amendment.
The Debates: Interactive Primary Sources
Explore the range of argments that were advanced in the long fight for suffrage.
Exhibit - The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote
The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote traces the triumphs and struggles that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, and features some of the many women who transformed constitutional history.
19th Amendment: Origins, History, and Legacy
Telling the story of the 19th Amendment from the Civil War through its ratification to today, 19th Amendment experts Reva Siegel and Laura Free join host Jeffrey Rosen.
Happy birthday, 19th Amendment!
Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the 19th Amendment (ratified August 18, 1920). Here’s what you need to know.
The history and meaning of the 19th Amendment
Gretchen Ritter of Cornell University and Susan Ware explore the history of women’s rights and the fight to extend voting rights to all women.
Live at the NCC: The 19th Amendment: The Untold Story
In this episode that originally aired on our companion podcast Live at the National Constitution Center, historians share the untold story of the fight for women's suffrage.
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