18 Aug 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is Ratified

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After a long and persistent fight advocates of woman suffrage won a victory in the Senate today when that body, by a vote of 56 to 25, adopted the Susan Anthony amendment to the Constitution. The suffrage supporters had two more than the necessary two-thirds vote of Senators present. Had all the Senators known to be in favor of suffrage been present the amendment would have had 66 votes, or two more than a two-thirds vote of the entire Senate.

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Source/Attribution

'Suffrage Wins in Senate; Now Goes to States'; The New York Times, June 5, 1919,

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