๐๐ก๐ง. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ – ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐น ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด – ๐ฉ๐ฃ’๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ – ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ – ๐๐ฎ๐ (๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต)
VICE PRESIDENT THOMAS MARSHALL, flanked by SUFFRAGISTS, sits at a table, pen in hand.
MARSHALL – โI hereby declare, that all women have the freedom to vote.โ
He signs the Susan B. Anthony Amendment.
The Suffragists clap and share hugs.
SUFFRAGIST #1: “About time.”
SUFFRAGIST #2: “No kidding.”
Marshall finishes signing.
MARSHALL – “It’s official. Congress has passed the 19th Amendment. We shall send it to the states for ratification.”
SUFFRAGIST #1: “Susan, Liz, and Lucy would be so proud we kept the fire blazing.”
SUFFRAGIST #2: “We’re only getting started.”
MARSHALL – โThe rights 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.โ
After 41 years of debate, the Senate finally approves a constitutional amendment to provide for woman’s suffrage, 56-25.
Despite the passage of the amendment and the decades-long contributions of Black women to achieve suffrage, poll taxes, local laws, and other restrictions continued to block women of color from voting. It would take another 50 years for all women to achieve voting equality.
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