Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights
In Washington D.C.the 19th Amendment to the U.S.Constitution providing for female suffrage is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of the U.S.
Supreme Court.The 19th Amendment which stated that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex was the product of over seven decades of meetings petitions and protests by women suffragists and their supporters.In 1916 the Democratic and Republican parties endorsed female enfranchisement and on June 4 1919 the 19th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification.On August 18 1920 Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment achieving the required three-fourths majority of state ratification and on August 26 the 19th Amendment officially took effect.
