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constitution
constitution fundamental principles of government in a nation, either implied in its laws, institutions, and customs, or embodied in one fundamental document or in several. In the first category—customary and unwritten constitutions—is the British constitution, which is contained implic... Read more
Constitution of the United States
Constitution of the United States document embodying the fundamental principles upon which the American republic is conducted. Drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, the Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787, and ratified by the required number of states (nine) by ... Read more
amendment
amendment in law, alteration of the provisions of a legal document. The term usually refers to the alteration of a statute or a constitution , but it is also applied in parliamentary law to proposed changes to a bill or motion under consideration, and in judicial procedure to the correction ... Read more
referendum
referendum referral of proposed laws or constitutional amendments to the electorate for final approval. This direct form of legislation, along with the initiative , was known in Greece and other early democracies. Today, these legislative devices are widely used in certain countries, most notably ... Read more
initiative
initiative the originating of a law or constitutional amendment by popular petition. It is intended to allow the electorate to initiate legislation independently of the legislature. This direct form of legislation, together with the referendum , was known in Greece and other early democracies. It ... Read more
legislative apportionment
legislative apportionment subdivision of a political body (e.g., a state or province) for the purpose of electing legislative representatives. In the United States, the Constitution requires that Congressional representatives be elected on the basis of population. State legislatures, not bound by t... Read more
Legal Tender cases
Legal Tender cases lawsuits brought to the U.S. Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of the Legal Tender Act of 1862, which was passed to meet currency needs during the Civil War. The act had authorized the issue of $150 million in "United States notes" (see greenback ) without any re... Read more
Thomas McIntyre Cooley
Thomas McIntyre Cooley 1824-98, American jurist, b. near Attica, N.Y. He was a judge (1864-85) of the supreme court of Michigan and was the first chairman (1887-91) of the Interstate Commerce Commission. His best-known work is A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legisl... Read more
Roth v. United States
Roth v. United States case decided in 1957 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Samuel Roth of New York City was convicted of mailing obscene materials. On appeal his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court, which held that obscenity was not protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The... Read more
poll tax
poll tax a capital tax levied equally on every adult in the community. Although no longer a significant source of revenue for any major country, the poll tax did provide large sums for many governments until well into the 1800s. The tax has long been attacked as being an unfair burden upon those le... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Nineteenth Amendment
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law NINETEENTH AMENDMENT The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United...
Paul, Alice Stokes
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution in 1920, which...the equal rights amendment, which she called...in honor of the nineteenth-century feminist...abridged by the United States or by any State...
woman suffrage
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the U.S. Constitution. Another organization...seek a federal amendment or to work for...societies were united as the National...Several of the states and territories...In 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution granted nation...
National Woman's Party
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...state constitutional amendment campaigns.) Paul...support the suffrage amendment. A similar campaign...promised to keep the United States out of the European...Representatives passed the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution , followed sixteen...
Kelley, Florence
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...women and children in the United States. Her early efforts led to...changes occurring in the United States, including abolition of...then focused on passing a nineteenth amendment to the Constitution to guarantee the right of...
Howe, Julia Ward
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the southern states that resulted...the northern states and their antislavery...Prussia, or states that made up...associations united in 1890 as the...vote under the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, in 1920. In...
Women's Rights
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...the equal rights amendment (ERA), the...the fourteenth amendment. Nineteenth Century Women...that sought an amendment to the U.S. Constitution similar to the...Constitution of the United States does not confer...
Sex Discrimination
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...persisted in the United States until the middle of the nineteenth century...began in the nineteenth century with...until the nineteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified...rights in the United States. Sex Discrimination...
Feminist Jurisprudence
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...movement began in the nineteenth century with a...In the mid-nineteenth century, many...Finally, when the nineteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in...rights in the United States. The modern feminist...
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...voters. The amendment was proposed...because southern states had used the...imposed in the United States at the time the Constitution was adopted...by the mid-nineteenth century. After...the fifteenth amendment in 1870, the...

Dictionary entries related to "Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Feminism: Overview
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...International agencies such as the United Nations support many women...the "first wave" in the United States beginning with initiatives...led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution, enfranchising American...
Disfranchisement
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...in northern states from 1846...Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1870...Fifteenth Amendment failed, and...passage of the Nineteenth Amendment...black. In ten states, such laws...Democracy in the United States. New...
State Constitutions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...provisions in the constitution. First...the state constitution it becomes...a late-nineteenth-century...New York constitution rather than...Fourteenth Amendment in 1868...writing for the United States Supreme Court...
Suffrage
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...military service. States imposed and then...restrictions. Several states, however, never...The U.S. Constitution also has contributed...The Seventeenth Amendment (1913) extends...incentive for states to expand their...Rights Act. The Nineteenth Amendment (1920) prohibits the ...
National Woman's Party
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...give official support to the Nineteenth Amendment, which was the object of the...Woman's Rights Movement in the United States. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap...also Bill of Rights in U.S. Constitution ; Progressive Movement ; Suffrage...
Reynolds v. United States
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...REYNOLDS V. UNITED STATES, 98 U.S...of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits...laws of the United States and would allow...Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America...See also First Amendment ; Polygamy .
Property Qualifications
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which took effect...of the Fourteenth Amendment. At the time of...Revolution, almost all states had property requirements...voting. In the early nineteenth century newly admitted...
Bill of Rights in State Constitutions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the United States Supreme Court...abuses by the states. Thus during...example, in the nineteenth century criminal...New York, the United States Supreme Court...the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution as incorporating...
Sovereignty, Doctrine of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...as well as nineteenth-century...individual states. The essential...In the United States it...the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, often referred...The Tenth Amendment provides...delegated to the United States by the Constitution …...adopting ...
Subsidies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...in the United States. Jefferson...power under the Constitution. Consequently...to propose an amendment to the Constitution that would explicitly...continue in the United States for more than...divides of the nineteenth century. The...

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Remarks by the First Lady on Constitution Day.
Business Wire; 9/17/2008; 700+ words ; ...celebrating Constitution Day in Philadelphia...book about our Constitution, and so she...draft of the United States Constitution was signed in...The Thirteenth Amendment, for example...in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed...
FIRST LADY ISSUES REMARKS ON CONSTITUTION DAY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/17/2008; 700+ words ; ...celebrating Constitution Day in Philadelphia...book about our Constitution, and so she...draft of the United States Constitution was signed in...The Thirteenth Amendment, for example...in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed...
Women Get the Vote
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/27/1999; 700+ words ; ...part of the Constitution of the United States, Secretary...the suffrage amendment was received...seal of the United States has been duly...the suffrage amendment is now the nineteenth amendment of the Constitution. "It was...

Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/7/2002; 700+ words ; ...informed and active role in their government. The League of Women Voters of the United States was formed in 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote. There has been a League serving Porter County for...
The suffrage war.(National American Woman Suffrage Association's Carrie Chapman Catt services)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...and in the individual states, but at the same time...federal women's suffrage amendment on January 9, 1918...end of World War I, the United States ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right...
COLUMN: Stop gender discrimination
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/7/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...11, the United States has witnessed...movement in the nineteenth century. American...vote by the nineteenth amendment to the constitution, which was...constitutional amendment was passed...members of the United States government...
President Clinton Issues Women's Equality Day Proclamation
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/18/1993; 544 words ; ...PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In declaring...sex, the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed...passage of the Nineteenth Amendment that women...made to the United States. On this...
ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/25/2000; 368 words ; ...was granted in 1920 with enactment of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The United States was following the example of the British...voting rights far ahead of England and the United states. Women began to vote in New Zealand in...
Why suffrage for American women was not enough.
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...of elective office in the United States remains relatively small...remained so entrenched in the United States, ostensibly one of the...the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution. Women had worked for this...
Women who made a difference.
Magazine article from: Michigan History Magazine; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...second state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that enfranchised women...1863, Sarah joined the United States Christian Commission to...toward the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment that granted women the...