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The Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed US women the right to vote
Decades of suffragist campaigning led to constitutional ratification in August 1920
Following decades of organized advocacy led by suffragists such as Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in August 1920. The law prohibited state and federal governments from denying voting rights on the basis of sex, empowering millions of American women.
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