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The 19th Amendment
September 14

“The right… to vote shall not be denied or abridged… on account of sex”

AMENDMENT XIX

PASSED BY CONGRESS JUNE 4, 1919, RATIFIED BY THE STATES ON AUGUST 18, 1920, AND EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 26, 1920.

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.