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The Nineteenth Amendment

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The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, forbids denying the vote on account of sex.

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Seven decades of organizing, from Seneca Falls onward, preceded the ratification.

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The amendment secured the ballot; other legal inequalities for women outlived it.