Key events leading to the ratification of the 19th Amendment

By Rufaide Canizares

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

    This event makes Kentucky the first place for women to be able to vote in the electoral process disregarding the revoking of New Jersey.
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    Women were starting to take higher positions in order to support the suffrage and bolster women's rights.

  • Kentucky was one of the original 36 states to ratify the 19th amendment

    Kentucky had the purple, white, and gold suffrage flag to mark itself to be one of the original states to ratify the 19th amendment.

  • Women won school suffrages in Kentucky

    After a concentrated lobbying campaign by the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs, women in these cities won school suffrage

  • Cornelia Beach, was arrested along with other picketer

    Some Kentucky suffragists joined a protest to the white house which led to some people being arrested.

  • Nineteenth amendment was passed

    The amendment was finally passed for Kentucky when they voted for it