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aug 18, 1920 - 19th Amendment Ratified

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First drafted in 1878 by Susan B. Anthony

May 21, 1919, U.S. Representative James R. Mann, a Republican from Illinois and chairman of the Suffrage Committee, proposed the House resolution to approve the Susan Anthony Amendment granting women the right to vote

Prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex

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aug 18, 1920
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~ 105 years ago