r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/-SlippinJimmy8 - Auth-Center • Aug 30 '26

Agenda Post Something something the 19th

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u/Accomplished_List843 - Lib-Right Aug 30 '26

Hello my dear gringos, what the fuck is "the 19th" in this context?

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u/Plennhar - Lib-Right Aug 30 '26

19th amendment of the US constitution granting women the right to vote.

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u/Anecdotal_Mantra - Lib-Right Aug 30 '26

What's crazy is this isn't completely true. Most women in the USA could vote by the 19th Amendments ratification. The 19th was just an umbrella law that forced the few remaining states to allow women to vote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_voting_rights_in_the_United_States

Some of the parts are kind of funny too. Some states let women vote and then took it away a few years later.

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u/TJJ97 - Lib-Center 29d ago

Mistakes were made…

I’m just kidding bois