Read the following amendment to the u. s. constitution. the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex. which amendment is this? fifteenth nineteenth twenty-first twenty-sixth

nineteenth amendment

the 19th amendment granted all women the right to vote in every state for the first time in the united states' history. prior to this, some states allowed women to vote, but the right wasn't widespread. after almost a long century of women's protests the amendment was ratified on august 18, 1920.

as it is stated in section 1:

"the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex."