The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920. It declares that the right to vote cannot be denied because of a person's sex.
From the Library of Congress:
From Library Collections:
Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement
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And Yet They Persisted: How American Women Won the Right to Vote
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100 Years of the Nineteenth Amendment: An Appraisal of Women's Political Activism
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The Constitution has not always guaranteed the voting rights of all adult citizens. Check out the below links and books for more information.
From the US Government:
From Library Collections:
On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights
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Voting Rights
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