

	Women's Right to Vote (1920) The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.



	The Nineteenth Amendment was made for women's suffrage. The story begins as far back as 1838 when kentucky women were allowed to vote in school elections which was echoed in other states. Women held numerous numerous marches and protests, and often picketed in large groups but also as individuals. In 1869, the Wyoming Territory put women suffrage rights on the same level as men. 45 years later, not many other states had followed this action. "Following the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fifteenth Amendment, the state courts which passed on the effect of the Amendment ruled that it did not confer upon women the right to vote but only the right not to be discriminated against on the basis of their sex in the setting of voting qualifications,3 a formalistic distinction to be sure but one which has restrained the possible applications of the Amendment. In only one case has the Supreme Court itself dealt with the Amendment's effect" - Findlaw