May 6, 1918 - Women's Suffrage

A mostly uneventful day for Mary.  But as with the war and progression towards prohibition of alcohol, women's suffrage was also in the news.  This from page 1 of today's Evening Public Ledger:

A constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote was first introduced in 1878 and after nearly 10 years was rejected by the United States Senate.  While some mostly western states enacted women's suffrage after 1900, it was not until January1918 that the constitutional amendment was again presented to Congress where it barely passed in the House of Representatives, but it failed to pass in the Senate later in 1918 and again in early 1919.  It finally passed the House and Senate in May and June 1920 respectively.  The 19th Amendment was finally ratified in August 1920 and took almost immediate effect.

"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.  Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."