Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. ...

When was the 19th Amendment ratified?

Upon Tennessee's approval on August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. 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.

What was the very last state to ratify the 19th Amendment?

Two days later, U. S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby issued a proclamation that officially declared the ratification of the 19th Amendment and made it part of the United States Constitution. Tennessee provided the 36th and final state needed to ratify this landmark amendment to the U.S. Constitution.