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Why Some Are Celebrating the 19th Amendment's 100th Anniversary This Month

Posted on June 7, 2019

As CBS News reported earlier this month, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution celebrated a "big birthday" on June 4. One hundred years ago, on June 4, 1919, the Senate voted in favor of the 19th Amendment, following the House of Representative's passage of it two weeks earlier.

This move by Congress laid the foundation for states to begin voting on the amendment. Soon after Congress passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919, several states followed with their support, but it wasn't until 14 months later in August 1920 that the required number of states -- three-fourths of them, or 36 states at that time -- passed the amendment and it was ratified into the Constitutional.

Do you know when your home state voted in favor of women's right to vote? See below for a list of each state's ratification.

1.  Illinois: June 10, 1919; reaffirmed on June 17, 1919

2.  Michigan: June 10, 1919

3.  Wisconsin: June 10, 1919

4.  Kansas: June 16, 1919

5.  New York: June 16, 1919

6.  Ohio: June 16, 1919

7.  Pennsylvania: June 24, 1919

8.  Massachusetts: June 25, 1919

9.  Texas: June 28, 1919

10. Iowa: July 2, 1919

11. Missouri: July 3, 1919

12. Arkansas: July 28, 1919

13. Montana: August 2, 1919

14. Nebraska: August 2, 1919

15. Minnesota: September 8, 1919

16. New Hampshire: September 10, 1919

17. Utah: October 2, 1919

18. California: November 1, 1919

19. Maine: November 5, 1919

20. North Dakota: December 1, 1919

21. South Dakota: December 4, 1919

22. Colorado: December 15, 1919

23. Kentucky: January 6, 1920

24. Rhode Island: January 6, 1920

25. Oregon: January 13, 1920

26. Indiana: January 16, 1920

27. Wyoming: January 27, 1920

28. Nevada: February 7, 1920

29. New Jersey: February 9, 1920

30. Idaho: February 11, 1920

31. Arizona: February 12, 1920

32. New Mexico: February 21, 1920

33. Oklahoma: February 28, 1920

34. West Virginia: March 10, 1920; confirmed on September 21, 1920

35. Washington: March 22, 1920

36. Tennessee: August 18, 1920

With the support of the above 36 states, the 19th Amendment had the necessary number of states to be ratified into the Constitution. It was subsequently ratified by the following remaining states:

37. Connecticut: September 14, 1920; reaffirmed on September 21, 1920

38. Vermont: February 8, 1921

39. Delaware: March 6, 1923, after being rejected on June 2, 1920

40. Maryland: March 29, 1941, after being rejected on February 24, 1920; not certified until February 25, 1958

41. Virginia: February 21, 1952, after being rejected on February 12, 1920

42. Alabama: September 8, 1953, after being rejected on September 22, 1919

43. Florida: May 13, 1969

44. South Carolina: July 1, 1969, after being rejected on January 28, 1920; not certified until August 22, 1973

45. Georgia: February 20, 1970, after being rejected on July 24, 1919

46. Louisiana: June 11, 1970, after being rejected on July 1, 1920

47. North Carolina: May 6, 1971

48. Mississippi: March 22, 1984, after being rejected on March 29, 1920