The Senate's approval began the final state-by-state ratification process that would enfranchise American women nationwide when the amendment was ratified in 1920.
On June 4, 1919 the U.S. Senate voted 56–25 to approve the 19th Amendment, sending the proposed constitutional amendment to the states for ratification to prohibit denying the right to vote on the basis of sex.
The Senate's approval began the final state-by-state ratification process that would enfranchise American women nationwide when the amendment was ratified in 1920.
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