The 19th amendment granting women the right to vote is passed by Congress. It had been first proposed in Congress, forty two years earlier in 1878. The amendment then needed to be ratified by three-fourths of the states. when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment on August 18, 1920 and became law on August 26, 1920. More
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