19th Amendment (U.S.)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1920-08-18
gptkbp:category gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Women's_rights_in_the_United_States
Voting rights in the United States
1920 in American law
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:effect prohibited denial of the right to vote based on sex
gptkbp:firstStateToRatify gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:followedBy 20th Amendment (U.S.)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 19th Amendment (U.S.)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:suffragist
gptkbp:lastStateToRatify gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:numberOfStatesRequiredForRatification 36
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy 18th Amendment (U.S.)
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:section Section 1
gptkbp:signedBy Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby
gptkbp:subject women's suffrage
gptkbp:text 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.
gptkbp:yearProposed 1919
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:women’s_rights_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8