Noun
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex
Source: WordNetCharlotte Woodward, alone among all 100 signers, was the only one still alive in 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment passed. Source: Internet
Jones, A. G., Tomorrow is Another Day: the woman writer in the South, 1859–1936, p. 323. She was nineteen years old when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, which gave women the right to vote. Source: Internet
In Fairchild, a citizen sued the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to challenge the procedures by which the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Source: Internet
South Carolina was one of several states that initially rejected the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) giving women the right to vote. Source: Internet
The NAWSA then mobilized to obtain support state-by-state, and by 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Source: Internet
There were several attempts to amend the Constitution, prior to the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment, to grant universal and limited suffrage to women. Source: Internet