Pennsylvania Ratifies the 19th Amendment, June 24, 1919

Pennsylvania was the center of reform movements starting in the antebellum period, but it was a state that did not grant the vote to women until the 19^th Amendment. After the Civil War several organizations formed in the state to advocate for the right to vote. Carrie Burnham attempted to vote in 1871 and took her case to the state Supreme Court; however, the only result was the state amending the constitution to specify “male citizens” in terms of voting rights. Pennsylvania women came close to the vote in 1915 with a state referendum. The state legislature passed an amendment to the state constitution allowing women to vote in 1913 and it went to voters for ratification in 1915. The referendum failed and Pennsylvania women would not get the vote until 1920. Pennsylvania ratified the 19^th Amendment on June 24, 1919.

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