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Suffrage’s Greatest Triumph and the Ratification Fight
Fifty years after the National Woman Suffrage Association formed and Wyoming enfranchised women, the U S Senate approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing voting rights regardless of sex. Ratification by thirty six states is required, with debate focused in the South and Northeast while Western states mostly back the measure. The timing aims for a vote by some states before 1921, though most legislatures meet biennially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Woman Suffrage Association
Territorial Assembly
Wyoming
United States
United States Senate
House
Middle West
West
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
South
Old South
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Northeast
Senate
Borah
Brandegee
Dillingham
Knox
Lodge
McLean
Moses
Penrose
Wadsworth
Great Territory
Ohio
Harris
Georgia
Stanley
Kentucky
France
Maryland
Atlanta