S. Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
June 4 spans 57 recorded events across recorded history, from 713 to 2025. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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In 1919, Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
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The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
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The amendment was the culmination of a decades-long movement for women's suffrage in the United States, at both the state and national levels, and was part of the worldwide movement towards women's suffrage and part of the wider women's rights movement. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.
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The first women's suffrage amendment was introduced in Congress in 1878. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.
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However, a suffrage amendment did not pass the House of Representatives until May 21, 1919, which was quickly followed by the Senate, on June 4, 1919. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
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