On this day, in the midst of World War I, the House passed a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote by a count of 274 to 136. Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana who, a year earlier, had become the first woman to serve in Congress, implored her colleagues to support the legislation: “How shall we answer their challenge, gentlemen: how shall we explain to them the meaning of democracy if the same Congress that voted for war to make the world safe for democracy refuses to give this small measure of democracy to the women of our country?” The Senate, however, failed to pass the amendment in the 65th Congress (1917–1919), so the measure was once again reintroduced in the House in the 66th Congress (1919–1921), passing on May 21, 1919, by a vote of 304 to 90. The Senate concurred shortly afterward. The Nineteenth Amendment then went to the states, where it was finally ratified in August 1920. Show Timeline: The Senate and the 19th Amendment Women demanded political equality even before the nation's founding, but not until 1878 did a member of Congress formally submit a proposal to amend the Constitution to allow women to vote. The Senate debated what came to be known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment periodically for more than four decades. Approved by the Senate on June 4, 1919, and ratified in August 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment marked one stage in women's long fight for political equality. This timeline features key moments on the Senate's long road to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Return to Woman Suffrage Centennial Main Page December 12, 1866 Senate Defeats D.C. Suffrage Proposal During a debate over a District of Columbia suffrage bill, Senator Edgar Cowan (R-PA) introduces an amendment to provide for woman suffrage. The Senate defeats Cowan’s amendment by a vote of 9-37.  December 7, 1868 Pomeroy Proposes Universal Suffrage As Congress debates the nation’s postwar reconstruction, Senator Samuel Pomeroy (R-KS) introduces S. Res. 180, a constitutional amendment: “The basis of suffrage in the United States shall be that of citizenship, and all native or naturalized citizens shall enjoy the same rights and privileges of the elective franchise….” Three days later, the Senate agrees to let Pomeroy’s bill “lie upon the table.” January 10, 1878 Sargent Proposes Amending Constitution Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduces S.Res. 12, providing for woman suffrage: "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." The Senate refers the so-called Susan B. Anthony Amendment to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. The following day, suffragists testify for the first time before senators on the issue of woman suffrage. June 14, 1878 Committee Receives 30,000 Petitions The Committee on Privileges and Elections, after reviewing 30,000 petitions requesting a woman suffrage amendment, recommends that consideration of the issue be "indefinitely postponed." June 5, 1882 Committee Recommends Suffrage Amendment For the first time in Senate history, a committee submits a report to the full Senate supporting a woman suffrage amendment to the Constitution. January 25, 1887 Senate Defeats Woman Suffrage Amendment, 16-34 In February 1886 the Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage favorably reports the Susan B. Anthony Amendment to the full Senate. Nearly a year later, after much prodding by Henry Blair (R-NH), the Senate holds its first vote on the proposal, which suffers a lopsided defeat. March 4, 1908 Suffragists Invade Capitol, Lawmakers Tremble Dozens of suffragists, including spouses and daughters of members of Congress, lobby senators in the Marble Room, a meeting space near the Senate Chamber. Their presence in the Capitol had become an annual tradition, organized in conjunction with the yearly meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913 Senators Investigate Parade Chaos At the first national woman suffrage parade held in Washington, D.C., spectators assault marching suffragists. A subsequent Senate investigation of the incidents of that day, which draws upon dozens of eyewitness accounts, concludes that “uniformed and…special police acted with more or less indifference while on duty.” June 24, 1913 Belle La Follette, Senate Spouse, testifies Belle La Follette, prominent suffragist and spouse of Senator Robert La Follette (R-WI), testifies before the Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage in support of the constitutional amendment. “Ours is a government of the people by the people and for the people. And are not women people?” July 31, 1913 Senators Submit Suffrage Petitions In a carefully orchestrated event, suffragists deliver petitions with more than 75,000 signatures to senators. Suffragists call it the "Siege of the Senate." When the Senate convenes that afternoon, senators formally submit the petitions for committee referral. March 19, 1914 Senate Defeats Suffrage Amendment For the second time in its history, the Senate holds a vote on a constitutional amendment to extend suffrage to women. The measure falls 11 votes short of the constitutionally required two-thirds of senators present and voting, 35-34. May 3, 1917 Alice Hay Wadsworth, Senate Spouse, Testifies Alice Hay Wadsworth, wife of Senator James Wadsworth, Jr., (R-NY), and president of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, testifies before the Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage. September 30, 1918 President Wilson Addresses Senate Only the third president to address the U.S. Senate in the Senate Chamber, Woodrow Wilson, a converted suffragist, pleads with senators to immediately pass the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, which had been approved by the House of Representatives in January 1918. October 1, 1918 Suffrage Amendment Falls Two Votes Short The Senate fails to approve the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, falling two votes short, 53-31. Five weeks later, in the midterm election of 1918, Democrats lose their majorities in both chambers of Congress. February 10, 1919 The Senate fails to approve the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, falling one vote short of the necessary two-thirds present and voting, with a vote of 55-29. June 4, 1919 Senate Approves Nineteenth Amendment After 41 years of debate, the Senate finally approves a constitutional amendment to provide for woman suffrage, 56-25. Vice President Thomas Marshall, flanked by suffragists, signs the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in the Vice President's ceremonial office in the Capitol. Upon Tennessee's approval on August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. August 6, 1965 Senate Approves Voting Rights Act Four decades after passage of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, President Johnson signs into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which had been passed by Congress two days earlier. The goal of extending voting rights to all women had remained elusive, as some states continued to disenfranchise African American women and men well into the mid-20th century. The Voting Rights Act provides enforcement mechanisms to protect voting rights under the provisions of the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to the Constitution. What does the 19th Amendment say about voting?The 19th Amendment makes it illegal to deny the right to vote to any citizen based on their sex, which effectively granted women the right to vote. It was first introduced to Congress in 1878 and was finally certified 42 years later in 1920.
What Amendment is women's vote?The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote nationally on August 18, 1920, so why is Women's Equality Day on August 26th each year?
Did the 14th Amendment let women vote?When the 14th Amendment passed in 1868, it was intended to give former slaves equal protection and voting rights under the law; it was not meant to protect women. In fact, it specified equality for male slaves, female slaves were excluded as were all women, regardless of race.
What does Amendment 20 say?The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
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