Women vote.

• Author: La Follette, Belle Case
• Position: 1920 - Brief article

Susan B. Anthony's prediction is verified. The women of the United States may vote in 1920. On August 18, the state legislature of Tennessee ratified the constitutional amendment which declares that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex. Tennessee was the thirty-sixth state, making the necessary two-thirds to complete ratification. And now the 17 million women of the United States are fully enfranchised.

The United States is among the last of the great world powers to grant the vote...