Senators on Suffrage: The 19th Amendment

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Senators on Suffrage: The 19th Amendment

In 1920, the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution meant that women across the country could no longer be denied the vote because of their sex.To mark its 100th anniversary, the Smithsonian is honored to have the women of the United States Senate help us reflect on the impact of the Nineteenth Amendment. When the amendment was ratified there were no women serving in Congress. 100 years of ballots later, 24 senators share what the Nineteenth Amendment means to them and what we can learn from the suffrage story. To read the essays from the 24 senators and for more information on the Senators on Suffrage project visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/creating-icons/senators-suffrage The Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage exhibition is part of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.

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