Happy Birthday, 19th!
Seriously, Google - no Doodle?! I am disappointed in you...
On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, was ratified. The following week it was certified by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, officially enshrining the new law into the U.S. Constitution.
Although it was made law in 1920 with ratification by two-thirds of the states, it wasn't until 1984 that the final state, Mississippi, passed their ratification.
Learn more from This Day in History: Woman suffrage amendment ratified
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