# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T17:00:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

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On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment thus reaching three-quarters of the states required to ratify the Constitutional Amendment nationwide. The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution argues, “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.” 

It was a long, arduous fight for women’s suffrage. The notion of women’s suffrage began in Seneca Falls, New York in July 1848 when a group of 300 people held a convention to discuss the “social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.” It was the first formal women’s rights convention to be held in the United States. Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s “Declaration of Sentiments” argued that the convention was just the beginning. 

For our state, the California Woman Suffrage Association was formed in 1870 to advocate for women’s rights and suffrage, but the organization did face backlash. Women’s suffrage bills were vetoed and ballot measures were lost throughout the late 1800s in California. On October 10, 1911, however, California approved Proposition 4 in a special election, granting women the right to vote by a narrow margin, just 50.7% approval. This made California the sixth state to grant women the vote, but it was not federally recognized until the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

The 19th Amendment did not mean everyone in the United States could vote. The fight for suffrage continued for various groups. Native Americans were granted citizenship in 1924 by the Snyder Act, which also gave them voter opportunities in some states. Jim Crow laws prevented People of Color in many states from voting up until the 1960s. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 fully extended suffrage to all eligible voters, but the right to vote continues to this day. 

Photograph of the first women to cast a vote in a general election in California in 1912, courtesy of the California State Library. 

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