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Kentucky events that led up to the 19th amendment

By Nevaeh21

  • Won the right to vote

    Women who were heads of households and taxpayers won the right to vote on tax and education issues in rural areas of Kentucky in 1838

  • Daughter of abolitionist Cassius M.

    Daughter of abolitionist Cassius M. Clay, Mary helped bring the AWSA Annual Convention to Louisville in 1881,

  • The voting

    Kentucky senate passed a sufferage movement by a vote of 26 to 8

  • Failing of suffrage movement

    The Kentucky house failed to pass a suffrage movement by a vote 46-45

  • Kentuckian arrested

    At least one Kentuckian, Cornelia Beach, was arrested along with other picketers in August 1917.

  • Finalizing the amendment

    Kentucky voted to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. Kentucky made the amendment official