USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle-victory took decades of agitation and protest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eventually suffragists won the political support necessary for ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. For 42 years, the measure had been introduced at every session of Congress, but ignored or voted down. It finally passed Congress in 1919 and went to the states for ratification.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vice President Thomas Marshall, flanked by suffragists, signs the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in the Vice President’s ceremonial office in the Capitol. Upon Tennessee’s approval on August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. Four decades after passage of the Susan B.

Detailed explanation-4: -On August 20, 1920, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-5: -The woman’s suffrage movement is important because it resulted in passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which finally allowed women the right to vote.