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, ...

In August 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified -- or approved by three-quarters of the states -- and gave the majority of U.S. women the right to vote. Test your knowledge on the movement that ...

“The 1920s and the 19th Amendment was a big milestone for certain people,” she tells Mic. "But I don’t want to celebrate too much when it hasn’t been 100 years for a lot of people in this ...

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 ...

The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, securing the right to vote for women, was ratified on August 18, 1920. It's considered one of the great landmarks in the fight for gender equality.

The 19th Amendment, which was ratified 100 years ago today and provided women the right to vote, is worthy of celebration. It should, however, be viewed as an important milestone on a journey that con ...

The last state to ratify the 19th amendment was Mississippi, which did so on March 22, 1984. 16. The amendment overruled the 1875 Minor vs. Happersett case, granting women the right to vote.

Here\u2019s a look at how the 19th amendment was ratified, the role Utah played and other factors of one of the most influential changes to the Constitution. \n ...

In celebration of the 19th Amendment, ratified 100 years ago this month, young women from around the Twin Cities share what they were taught and offer their hopes for the future of women in politics.

“The Nineteenth Amendment was the last of the Progressive Era amendments, and once ratified in 1920, it gave women the right to vote. ...