"It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed this Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people — women as well as men. To deny to women the ballot is a violation of the supreme law of the land." — Susan B. Anthony, 1873
Federal women's suffrage was finally secured by the
- A
23rd Amendment (1961)
- Bcheck_circle
19th Amendment (1920)
- C
21st Amendment (1933)
- D
15th Amendment (1870)
Explanation
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, prohibited denial of the vote on the basis of sex.