19th Amendment Grants Women Right to Vote: Big Pic
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Aug. 18, 2010 -- On this day in 1920, the Tennessee General Assembly ratified the 19th Amendment, giving the legislation the necessary approval from three-fourths of the states to be ratified to the Constitution. The 19th Amendment prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on gender and would become law one week later.
For more than 70 years before the passage of the amendment, women picketed and protested in their fight for political recognition. The charge was led by famous suffragists including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and many more.
In this photo, suffragist Alice Paul unfurls a banner with 36 stars, one for each state that had voted for the amendment, after receiving the news of the Tennessee suffrage vote.
The text of the 19th Amendment reads as follows: "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."
Photo credit: Getty Images
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