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10 Quick Facts about the 19th Amendment As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, here are 10 interesting facts to check out. Did you know? Many leaders of the abolitionist movement to end slavery in the 1 19th century also supported woman
Nebraska, Michigan, Arkansas, New York, South Dakota, and Oklahoma. While voting rights could no longer be denied because of 3 race or sex, after the 15th and
suffrage in the twentieth century. Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth are examples.
19th Amendments, many voters still faced ballot restrictions, including registration rules, literacy tests, poll taxes, and moral and residency requirements.
Many states granted women the right to vote in state and 2 local elections in advance of the
Doctor and mountaineer Cora Smith Eaton King planted a 4 “Votes for Women” flag at the top of
ratification of the Constitutional amendment. They included Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Montana, Arizona, Kansas, Alaska, Illinois, North Dakota, Indiana,
Mount Rainier, in Washington state, in 1909.
The text that would become the National suffrage 19th Amendment in 1920 was 5 organizations printed fliers in 6 first proposed in Congress in 1878. several languages besides English,
including German, Polish, Italian, Yiddish, and French, in order to reach certain immigrant populations. In every presidential election since 1980, the proportion of 7 eligible women who voted exceeded the proportion of eligible men who voted.
As of 2018, there were 81.3 million women registered to vote 8 in the United States. They make up 53% of the entire electorate.
Be sure to join us on August 26, at Noon as the DBA celebrates Women’s Equality Day with a special event featuring Nina Totenberg. Register at www.dallasbar.org. Source: The American Bar Association Division for Public Education; www.americanbar. org/groups/public_education/ programs/19th-amendment-centennial/ fun-facts/
Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan were the first states to ratify the 9 19th Amendment, all on June 10, 1919, six days after it was approved by Congress. Mississippi was the last state to ratify the 19th Amendment 10 in 1984.
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