Even a century after Tennessee became the last state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920, there are still a lot of misunderstandings about what that 39-word addition to the Constitution ...

19th Amendment coverage In fight for 19th Amendment, suffragists saw Tennessee as last hope and worst nightmare ‘Brilliant and politically savvy:’ The roles of African American women in the ...

When the 19th Amendment was added to the Constitution, Black and white women stood alongside one another more equal than ever before. But what equality meant depended on where you were in a nation ...

The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S. Women won the right to vote more than a century ago, but access to the ballot has never been equal.

When Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Aug. 18, 1920, that was enough: as the 36th state to approve the amendment, the Volunteer State made sure the U.S ...

The 19th amendment secured all women the right to vote, but in practice many women of color were excluded. This continues to resonate today with voter suppression among marginalized communities.

The 19th Amendment didn’t give women the right to vote. Its language — and effects — were much narrower. by Anna North. Aug 18, 2020, 2:00 PM UTC.

One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment enfranchised millions of women across the United States following a seven-decade campaign. The struggle to expand voting rights to women resonates today ...

4. Even though the 19th Amendment granted voting rights to women nationwide, states still had leverage to discriminate. “The 15th and 19th Amendments actually just say what states can’t do ...

In 1920, after four decades of organizing to secure the vote for women, President Woodrow Wilson signed the 19th Amendment. The Constitution is not explicitly an anti-racist document, and neither ...

The race to ratify the 19th Amendment began on this day in history, June 4, 1919, after Congress passed the text of the amendment. The amendment granted the right to vote to women.