Which amendment, ratified in 1920, gave American women a constitutional voting right remembered by America250?

The Nineteenth Amendment gave American women a constitutional voting right remembered by America250. It was ratified on August 18, 1920, and certified as part of the Constitution on August 26, 1920.

The amendment says that the right of U.S. citizens to vote cannot be denied or abridged by the United States or a state on account of sex. Its adoption followed decades of organizing, petitions, conventions, marches, and legal campaigns by the woman-suffrage movement.

Congress approved the amendment in June 1919, after President Woodrow Wilson urged its passage. Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify it, providing the three-fourths majority then required. Activists such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, and Carrie Chapman Catt were associated with the broader movement.

The amendment did not instantly eliminate every barrier to voting. Many women of color, especially in the South, still faced discriminatory laws and practices. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 later strengthened federal protection against racial disenfranchisement.