Happy 19th Amendment Day!
Today in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote.
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.
It’s kind of a shame that something that’s taken for granted today was considered an unnatural abomination that would bring forth the downfall of American society less than a century ago.
However, it’s also a reminder that time is on the side of progress, and that today’s big social controversies will be settled on the side of the expansion of rights, and that people a hundred years from now will look back at us with amused wonder and bafflement.
