The 19th Amendment

One vote. One state. A constitutional change that rewired American democracy. We tell the story of how the 19th Amendment finally became law in August 1920, when Tennessee turned into the last battleground for women’s suffrage and the outcome hung on a tied legislature, feverish lobbying, and a last minute switch by Harry T. Byrne after a letter from his mother. It’s political history at its most human and it’s also a clear look at how the constitutional amendment process really works, from ...