Existing comment:
A long-awaited amendment
This Congressional Record entry from January 10, 1878, notes that California Senator Aaron Sargent introduced a woman suffrage amendment identical to the future 19th Amendment. Suffragists quickly gained congressional attention to their cause, but winning its endorsement took much longer. For 42 years, the measure was introduced at every session of Congress but was ignored or voted down. It finally passed Congress in 1919 and went to the states for ratification. |