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by April Young Bennett · October 2, 2018

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April Young Bennett

April Young Bennett is the author of the Ask a Suffragist book series, host of the Religious Feminism Podcast and a writer for the Exponent II. For more information about April, see aprilyoungb.com

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June 10, 2021

Illinois, Michigan & Wisconsin were the first states to ratify the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

June 11, 2021

Better late than never! Louisiana ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1970. The 19th had become law in 1920.

June 16, 2021

Kansas, New York & Ohio ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

June 24, 2021

Pennsylvania ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, on this day in 1919.

June 25, 2021

Massachusetts ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, on this day in 1919.

June 26, 2021

Illinois became the first state east of the Mississippi where women could vote for president on this day in 1913. (But Illinois women still didn't have equal voting rights with men.)

June 28, 2021

Texas ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

July 1, 2021

Better late than never! South Carolina ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1969. The 19th had become law in 1920.

July 2, 2021

Iowa ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

July 3, 2021

Missouri ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

July 4, 2021

Independence Day
New Jersey was the only state among the original 13 United States to enter the Union with women's voting rights in 1776. Unfortunately, the New Jersey legislature rescinded women's suffrage in 1807.

July 10, 2021

Wyoming gained statehood, becoming the first state with equal voting rights for women, on this day in 1890.

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