what challenges did they face legally?
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the amendment's validity in "Leser v. Garnett".
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the amendment's validity in "Leser v. Garnett".
when was the 19th amendment introduced to congress 1878 what is it about? It prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. are there any films featured on it? Yes, One Woman, One Vote", Women in the 19th Century: Crash Course US History #31, Iron Jawed Angels etc.
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Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution [SEP] Legal challenges
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the amendment's validity in "Leser v. Garnett". Maryland citizens Mary D. Randolph, "'a colored female citizen' of 331 West Biddle Street", and Cecilia Street Waters, "a white woman, of 824 North Eutaw Street", applied for and were granted registration as qualified Baltimore voters on October 12, 1920. To have their names removed from the list of qualified voters, Oscar Leser and others brought suit against the two women on the sole grounds that they were women, arguing that they were not eligible to vote because the Constitution of Maryland limited suffrage to men and the Maryland legislature had refused to vote to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment.