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19th Amendment
From Passage to Ratification with State Ratification Dates

May 21, 1919 - The U.S. House of Representatives passes the 19th Amendment.

June 4, 1919 - The U.S. Senate passes the 19th Amendment, and it goes to the states for ratification. Thirty-six states must ratify for the Amendment to become law.

June 10, 1919 Wisconsin

June 10, 1919 Illinois

June 10, 1919 Michigan

June 16, 1919 Kansas

June 16, 1919 Ohio

June 16, 1919 New York

June 24, 1919 Pennsylvania

June 25, 1919 Massachusetts

June 28, 1919 Texas

July 2, 1919 Iowa

July 3, 1919 Missouri

July 28, 1919 Arkansas

August 2, 1919 Montana

August 2, 1919 Nebraska

September 8, 1919 Minnesota

September 10, 1919 New Hampshire

October 3, 1919 Utah

November 1, 1919 California

November 5, 1919 Maine

December 1, 1919 North Dakota

December 4, 1919 South Dakota

December 15, 1919 Colorado

January 6, 1920 Kentucky

January 6, 1920 Rhode Island

January 13, 1920 Oregon

January 16, 1920 Indiana

January 27, 1920 Wyoming

February 7, 1920 Nevada

February 9, 1920 New Jersey

February 11, 1920 Idaho

February 12, 1920 Arizona

February 21, 1920 New Mexico

February 28, 1920 Oklahoma

March 10, 1920 West Virginia

March 22, 1920 Washington

August 18, 1920 Tennessee

August 26, 1920 - The 19th Amendment signed into law.

Source: National Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission Toolkit, https://www.womensvote100.org/

DID YOU KNOW ...

Ratifying the 19th Amendment took 464 days.

Or 1 year, 3 months, 6 days

Or 15 months, 6 days

from passage in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 21, 1919

to being signed into law on Thursday, August 26, 1920

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Official Resolutions

United States Senate Resolution 212 

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women’s suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States

Centennial Suffrage Declaration

By the Wisconsin 19th Amendment Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee & Wisconsin Historical Society

Other Online Resources

Capturing "First Honors": Wisconsin Ratifies the Nineteenth Amendment on June 10, 1919 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, June 2019. Interesting and entertaining rea

Timeline of Wisconsin Women's Suffrage

Office of Gender & Women's Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin

Oshkosh: Women's Suffrage

Wisconsin Hometown Stories, Wisconsin Public Television

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

12 books that tell kids the fun and inspirational stories behind the women's suffrage movement (Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, 06/07/19)

RECENT ARTICLES IN THE MEDIA

Wisconsin's historic 19th Amendment ratification, as told by the Wisconsin State Journal (WI State Journal, 06/02/19)
EDITORIAL. The woman behind the Wisconsin State Journal's crusade for the 19th Amendment Wisconsin State Journal editorial board Jun 2, 2019
Organizers say suffrage celebration will commemorate, inspire (Janesville Gazette, 06/01/19)
100 years after Wisconsin ratified women’s suffrage, activists expand fight for gender equality (Wisconsin Journel Sentinel, 05/30/19)
These six Wisconsin women played key roles in the suffrage movement (Wisconsin Journel Sentinel, 05/14/19)
100 years after they got the vote, women still often lonely in Wisconsin's halls of power.(Wisconsin Journel Sentinel, 05/13/19)

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