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The plaintiffs disputed the constitutionality of the amendment through three claims: The power to amend the Constitution did not cover this amendment, due to its character. Several states that had ratified the amendment had constitutions that prohibited women from voting, rendering them unable to ratify an amendment to the contrary.
The year 2020 marks the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as well as the 150th anniversary of the first women voting in Utah, which was the first state in the nation where women cast a ballot. [143] An annual celebration of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, known as Women's Equality Day, began on August 26, 1973. [144]
On August 26, Hughes acknowledged Tennessee's ratification, and the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution became law. The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court decision. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court. [3] [5] In November 1921, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, which was argued in January 1922. [6]
Women are guaranteed the right to vote by the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In practice, the same restrictions that hindered the ability of non-white men to vote now also applied to non-white women. 1923. Texas passes a white primary law. [37] 1924
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that every vote — past, present, and future — matters a lot. Amelia McNeil-Maddox, an 18-year-old voter from Maine, says the coincidence of the ...
The first women-led anti-suffrage group in the United States was the Anti-Sixteenth Amendment Society. [39] The group was started by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren in 1869. [40] During the fight to pass the nineteenth amendment, women increasingly took on a leading role in the anti-suffrage movement. [41]
Even after the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in 1870, some important differences remained between the two organizations, and others emerged over time. The NWSA worked mostly at the federal level, focusing on a constitutional amendment to achieve women's suffrage, while the AWSA worked toward the same goal mostly at the state level.
References from conservative justices to a long-dormant chastity law during the Supreme Court’s arguments in a major abortion pill case this week are bringing new attention to the 19th century ...