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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	17
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

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: 19th Amendment Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Women’s Suffrage Amendment
appliesTo	federal elections ⓘ local elections ⓘ state elections ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1920-08-26 ⓘ
category	United States constitutional amendments ⓘ surface form: 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	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: Congress
grantsPowerType	enforcement power ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ
influencedBy	National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ National Woman's Party ⓘ Seneca Falls, New York ⓘ surface form: Seneca Falls Convention women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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 to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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 → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nineteenth Amendment

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

this entity surface form: 19th Amendment

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

this entity surface form: Women’s Suffrage Amendment

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 → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 19th 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 → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal woman suffrage 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 → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution

NWP → advocatedFor → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: National Woman's Party

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 ⓘ