​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​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/​

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Also ...

• ​Wisconsin Historical Society's Women's ​Suffrage Toolkit​​
  
• UW Gender and Women's Studies Librarian's - Women's Suffrage in Wisconsin: A Centennial Resource Guide ​​​
• National Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission's Official Centennial Planning Toolkit​
• National Association of Commissions for Women's Suffrage Centennial Resource Toolkit: Practical Ways to Celebrate the Suffrage Movement
• ​2020 Women's Vote Centennial Initiative's Tool​kit​​​