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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.
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This amendment was ratified in 1920, as advocates ("suffragettes") cited women's support of World War I to persuade President [[Woodrow Wilson]] to change his position from opposing this amendment to supporting it. [[Women]] could already vote in many areas of the country, but this amendment guaranteed the right, in violation of the principle of [[states' rights]] and in support of individual [[civil rights]], a phenomenon further seen in civil rights legislation after the [[civil rights movement]].
[[Category: Constitution]]
[[Category: United States law]]
[[Congress]] shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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This amendment was ratified in 1920, as advocates ("suffragettes") cited women's support of World War I to persuade President [[Woodrow Wilson]] to change his position from opposing this amendment to supporting it. [[Women]] could already vote in many areas of the country, but this amendment guaranteed the right, in violation of the principle of [[states' rights]] and in support of individual [[civil rights]], a phenomenon further seen in civil rights legislation after the [[civil rights movement]].
[[Category: Constitution]]
[[Category: United States law]]