In
January, 1918, Woodrow Wilson announced
that women's suffrage was urgently needed
as a "war measure". The House of Representatives passed
the federal woman suffrage amendment 274 to 136 but it was opposed
in the Senate and was defeated in September 1918. Another attempt
in February 1919 also ended in failure.
In May 1919 the House of Representatives again passed the amendment
(304 to 89) and on 4th June 1919 the Senate finally gave in and passed
it by 66 to 30. On 26th August 1920 the Nineteenth
Amendment was certified by the Secretary of State, when
Tennessee, the thirty-sixth and final state needed, signed for ratification.
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