What Is The Significance Of The 19th Amendment

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The 19th amendment was important because it granted women the right to vote, which was known as woman suffrage. It wasn’t until 1848 that the women’s movement for rights launched in Seneca Falls, NY. In order to get this, it took 70 years. On May 21,1919 U.S. representative James R. Mann, representative of Illinois and chairman of suffrage suggested a solution. It passed then 2 weeks later June 4 it was passed by the senate. It was sent to the states to ratify and it did in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Kansas, New York, and Ohio ratified it on June 16,1919. By March 35 states had ratified it, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia opposed it. On August 18, 1920, 23 year old Harry T. Burn, representative