19th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1920)

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.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Title: 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1920)
Description: The Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote by prohibiting the denial of suffrage based on sex. The amendment was passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified August 18, 1920.
Date: 1920-08-18
Author: United States. Congress
Legal Concept: Civil Rights; Voting Rights; Gender
Subject: Women
Temporal Coverage: Jim Crow Era; Progressive Era; Long Civil Rights Movement; World War I
Spatial Coverage: United States
Document Type: Constitutional Amendment
Document Category: Primary Source
Bluebook Citation: U.S. Const. amend. XIX
Digital Repository: National Archives
URL: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27

Title: 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1920)
Description: The Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote by prohibiting the denial of suffrage based on sex. The amendment was passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified August 18, 1920.
Date: 1920-08-18
Author: United States. Congress
Legal Concept: Civil Rights; Voting Rights; Gender
Subject: Women
Temporal Coverage: Jim Crow Era; Progressive Era; Long Civil Rights Movement; World War I
Spatial Coverage: United States
Document Type: Constitutional Amendment
Document Category: Primary Source
Bluebook Citation: U.S. Const. amend. XIX
Digital Repository: National Archives
URL: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27

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