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'''Amendment XIX''' (the '''Nineteenth Amendment''') of the ] gives the right to vote to women. '''Amendment XIX''' (the '''Nineteenth Amendment''') of the ] states:
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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 full text of this amendment can be found at http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/constitution/amendments_11-27.html#19
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== Interpretation and history ==
This amendment gives the right to vote to women.

⚫ http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/constitution/amendments_11-27.html#19

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Amendment XIX (the Nineteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution states:

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.

Interpretation and history

This amendment gives the right to vote to women.

http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/constitution/amendments_11-27.html#19