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 ...

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 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.

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.

The 19th Amendment actually "prohibited states from using sex (and they used the word 'sex' then, not 'gender') as a means of limiting the vote to men only," according to Louise Stevenson, ...

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.

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 road to the 19th Amendment unquestionably warrants commemoration, says Treva B. Lindsey, but an uncritical celebration of its ratification in 1920, however, would be an acute misstep that ...

The 19th Amendment, which forbade discrimination in voting laws on the basis of sex, was passed by Congress and moved to the states for ratification on this day in history, June 4, 1919.

But she did not see the terms of the Nineteenth Amendment — the one that constitutionalized women’s voting rights — as protecting her.” The 19th Amendment can fairly be seen as an ...

Rita Moreno is one of USA TODAY's Women of the Century. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we've assembled a list of 100 women who've made a substantial impact on our ...