Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the procedure for altering the Constitution. Under Article Five, the process to alter the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or am
Resolution proposing the Nineteenth Amendment
Tennessee certificate of ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. With this ratification, the amendment became valid as a part of the Constitution.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect rec
Article Five of the United States Constitution
…would enable state legislatures to "erect barriers against the encroachments of the national authority," has yet to be invoked. Resolution proposing the Nineteenth Amendment When the 1st Congress considered a series of constitutional amendments, it was suggested that the two houses first adopt a resolution indicating that…
Text of the small ad that attracted a diverse meeting of both men and women at the first Women's Rights Convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York, during July 1848
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (seated) with Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. New York Daily Graphic, January 16, 1878, p. 501