June 4 in American History
After decades of struggle by the suffrage movement, Congress passed the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote and sent it to the states. It would be ratified 14 months later. The largest single expansion of the American electorate in history — some 26 million women — was finally within reach.
In 1919: the 19th Amendment passes Congress. After decades of struggle by the suffrage movement, Congress passed the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote and sent it to the states.
After decades of struggle by the suffrage movement, Congress passed the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote and sent it to the states. It would be ratified 14 months later. The largest single expansion of the American electorate in history — some 26 million women — was finally within reach.
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