08/31/2026
DID YOU KNOW? 🗳️ The 19th Amendment was a major victory for women’s suffrage. But ratification did not mean equal access to the ballot for every woman.
Women of color continued to face poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, and other forms of voter suppression, as well as barriers tied to citizenship, race, and discriminatory state voting laws.
The 19th Amendment changed the Constitution. It didn’t erase discrimination at the polls.
That fight continued for decades.
Part 3 coming next.