The 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

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• August 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women’s constitutional right to vote.
• Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment states: "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."
• On Tuesday, President Donald Trump commemorated the amendment by issuing a posthumous pardon to Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women's suffrage movement who was arrested in 1872 for voting illegally as a woman.
• Women have turned out to vote at higher rates than men in every presidential election since 1984; over 73 million women reported voting in the 2016 election, compared to 63 million men. (Source: Rutgers University, Center for American Women and Politics)

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