スミソニアン博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (スミソニアン博物館Instagram)「99 years ago today, the 19th Amendment became law. But 100 years ago, the future wasn't certain. On Aug. 26, 1919, what still had to happen? 📃Earlier in 1919, the 19th Amendment passed in Congress. It needed to be ratified by 36 states to become law. By August, 14 states had ratified it (and Georgia had rejected it). 📃In the west—where women had already won the vote on a state level—suffragists needed to organize support for a federal amendment. They joined various organizations in a united campaign, based on a model used earlier in New York. 📃1920 was a presidential campaign year, so suffragists were at the Democratic and Republican national conventions, fighting to get woman's suffrage added to the party platforms. 📃Tennessee was the 36th state to ratify on Aug. 18, and the amendment became official on Aug. 26. Many women were still denied access to the ballot, including: • Native American women, who received U.S. citizenship in 1924 • African American women, who could not vote unimpeded until the Voting Rights Act in 1965 • Puerto Rican women, who gained full suffrage in 1935 • Asian American women, unable to vote until the repeal of laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943 and passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1952 These pins are in our @amhistorymuseum. #WomensEqualityDay #BecauseOfHerStory」8月27日 6時07分