Archive for August 19th, 2020

AMENDMENT RATIFIED ON THIS DAY IN 1920

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A dramatic battle in the Tennessee House of Representatives ends with
the state ratifying the
19th Amendment to the United States Constitution
on August 18, 1920. After decades of struggle and protest by
suffragettes
across the country, the decisive vote was cast by a young representative
who reputedly changed his vote after receiving a note from his mother.

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