Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1920 constitutional change that prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of sex, effectively guaranteeing women’s suffrage nationwide.

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Label	Occurrences
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	25
19th Amendment to the United States Constitution	3
19th Amendment	1
Nineteenth Amendment	1
Women’s Suffrage Amendment	1
federal woman suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T231264 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Context triple: [Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, comparedWith, Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]

A. Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a Reconstruction-era amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
B. 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1964 amendment that abolished the poll tax in federal elections, strengthening voting rights protections and advancing the goals of the civil rights movement.
C. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.
D. Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.
E. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Target entity description: The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1920 constitutional change that prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of sex, effectively guaranteeing women’s suffrage nationwide.

A. Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a Reconstruction-era amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
B. 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1964 amendment that abolished the poll tax in federal elections, strengthening voting rights protections and advancing the goals of the civil rights movement.
C. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.
D. Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.
E. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	19th Amendment ⓘ linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Women’s Suffrage Amendment ⓘ linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
appliesTo	federal elections ⓘ local elections ⓘ state elections ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1920-08-26 ⓘ
category	Amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: United States constitutional amendments Suffrage in the United States ⓘ Women's rights in the United States ⓘ
containsSectionCount	2 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
enforcementClauseText	Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ⓘ
finalRatifyingState	Tennessee ⓘ
followedBy	Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	Congress ⓘ linked to: United States Congress
grantsPowerType	enforcement power ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ
influencedBy	National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ National Woman's Party ⓘ Seneca Falls Convention ⓘ linked to: Seneca Falls, New York women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
keyAdvocate	Alice Paul ⓘ Carrie Chapman Catt ⓘ Elizabeth Cady Stanton ⓘ Ida B. Wells ⓘ Lucy Stone ⓘ Susan B. Anthony ⓘ
legalEffect	guarantees women the right to vote nationwide ⓘ prohibits denying the right to vote on the basis of sex ⓘ
locationOfSigning	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
numberInSequence	19 ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
precededBy	Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibitsDiscriminationBasis	sex ⓘ
ratifiedByRequiredNumberOfStates	36 ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1920-08-18 ⓘ
relatedTo	Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
scope	nationwide ⓘ
sectionCount	2 ⓘ
shortName	Nineteenth Amendment ⓘ linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
subject	gender equality ⓘ voting rights ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ
textBegins	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. ⓘ
yearRatified	1920 ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → comparedWith → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

24th Amendment to the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Progressive Era → significantEvent → 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Nineteenth Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → 19th Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Women’s Suffrage Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States constitutional amendments → includes → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

National Woman's Party → supportedLegislation → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States federal elections → expandedSuffrageBy → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → followedBy → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Susan B. Anthony → influenced → 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Equal Rights Amendment → influencedBy → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

National American Woman Suffrage Association → contributedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Virginia Minor women’s suffrage case → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage → goal → federal woman suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Silent Sentinels White House picketing → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Silent Sentinels protest at the White House → relatedTo → 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

National Woman's Party → advocatedFor → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject linked to: NWP

Lucy Burns → advocatedFor → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Winning Plan for woman suffrage → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Organization of the League of Women Voters → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Minor v. Happersett → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Breedlove v. Suttles → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States v. Susan B. Anthony → relatedAmendment → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Equal Rights Amendment → proposedAfter → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject linked to: ERA

United States federal election law → constrainedBy → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

American electorate → rightGrantedBy → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Winning Plan → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Catt’s Winning Plan → relatedTo → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association → supportedAmendment → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

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