{"id":4779,"date":"2019-10-10T21:22:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T21:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/library\/2019\/10\/10\/the-19th-amendment-celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-womens-right-to-vote-in-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:34:50","slug":"the-19th-amendment-celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-womens-right-to-vote-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/2019\/10\/10\/the-19th-amendment-celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-womens-right-to-vote-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"The 19th Amendment: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 18, 1920, Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, which guaranteed women’s constitutional right to vote. This display<\/a>, in the hallway leading from the lobby to the Lewis Family Lounge on the first floor of the Leatherby Libraries, chronicles the struggle for voting rights and first sixty years of the women’s movement in the United States. How was this victory won? Did enfranchisement advance social equality? Does voting matter to women today?<\/p>\n