Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

E31310

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.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf amendment to the United States Constitution
constitutional amendment
alsoKnownAs 19th Amendment
Women’s Suffrage Amendment
appliesTo federal elections
local elections
state elections
cameIntoForceOn 1920-08-26
category Amendments to the United States Constitution
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
grantsPowerType enforcement power
historicalPeriod Progressive Era
influencedBy National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Woman's Party
Seneca Falls Convention
women's suffrage movement in the United States
jurisdiction United States federal 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
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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