U.S. Constitution - 19th Amendment

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives American women the right to vote. This is its text:

Amendment XIX

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.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

When Tennessee voted to ratify, the amendment became law. But there is an interesting story about Tennessee's vote. Here's what the National Archives website, on the amendment, has to say about it:

"On August 18, 1920, it appeared that Tennessee had ratified the amendment - the result of a change of vote by 24 year-old legislator Harry Burn at the insistence of his elderly mother - but those against the amendment managed to delay official ratification. Anti-suffrage legislators fled the state to avoid a quorum and their associates held massive anti-suffrage rallies and attempted to convince pro-suffrage legislators to oppose ratification. However, Tennessee reaffirmed its vote and delivered the crucial 36th ratification necessary for final adoption."