Sex can no longer be used to deny the vote under the U.S. Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, prohibited the federal and state governments from denying or restricting a citizen’s right to vote on account of sex.
What this does and does not establish
The quotation is from the 1919 proposal; the National Archives dates its ratification to 1920. Other barriers continued to prevent many women, including Black women, from voting.
- Region
- Americas
- Theme
- Social life
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 1920
- How we use it
- The quotation is from the 1919 proposal; the National Archives dates its ratification to 1920. Other barriers continued to prevent many women, including Black women, from voting.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Joint resolution proposing the Nineteenth Amendment
United States Congress
Quoted text (English)
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: U.S. federal official text, public domain in the United States (17 USC 105). Credit the named author and repository; text only, no images or seals.
Exact source version
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