In 1919, the 19th Amendment affirming women’s right to vote swiftly left out of Congress. The Amendment received more than half of the ratifications it needed in the first year. When the Amendment approached the necessary ratification by three quarters of the states, it was facing the threat of recession. The final decision came from a single vote of Tennessee. Finally, the vote was won. Although women won the vote, there were still specific written guarantees of women’s equal rights in the Constitution that needed to be addressed and recognized. The Amendment declared, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” This amendment doesn’t speak
