USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first state to grant women the right to vote had been Wyoming, in 1869, followed by Utah in 1870, Colorado in 1893, Idaho in 1896, Washington in 1910, California in 1911, Oregon and Arizona in 1912, Montana in 1914, North Dakota, New York, and Rhode Island in 1917, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Michigan in 1918.

Detailed explanation-2: -Maryland ratified the amendment in 1941, and Alabama and Virginia followed in the 1950s. Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and North Carolina ratified the amendment between 1969 and 1971. Mississippi became the last state to do so, in 1984.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adding the amendment to the US Constitution required passage by two-thirds of each chamber of Congress, then ratification by three-fourths of the states, which in 1919 was 36 of the 48 states. (Alaska and Hawai’i were still US territories.)

Detailed explanation-4: -In the revote, Burns cast the tie-breaking vote making Tennessee the 36th state to ratify the amendment allowing it to be adopted. The 19th Amendment was adopted and officially became part of the U.S. Constitution on August 26, 1920.

Detailed explanation-5: -The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.