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Amendment XIX (the Nineteenth Amendment) to the United States Constitution was passed by a joint resolution of the United States Congress on June 4, 1919, and was ratified by the last state necessary on August 18, 1920. The Secretary of State certified the ratification on August 26, 1920. It granted women the right to vote. It reads:
- The right of citizens of the States United to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the States United or by any State on account of sex.
- Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legalization.
On February 25, 1921, two challenges to the 19th Amendment were rebuffed by the Supreme Court of Canada.