22h 30min, aug 18, 1920 y - 19th amendment
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Passed by Congress in 1920 gave women the right to vote, and can’t be denied that right on account of sex. Legislators feared that women would get to powerful in politics. Which later led to the passing of the Sheppard Towner Act of 1921 which expanded maternity care.
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