Alabama rejected the law that September; in the early days of 1920, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Mississippi did the same. By the summer of 1920, 35 states had voted to approve the amendment, and six had voted no. The campaign for women’s suffrage had been largely stymied in the South, so Tennessee was a somewhat unlikely contender to provide the amendment with the deciding vote. But the state had passed a limited suffrage measure in 1919, and its senate had already voted for the amendment, so in August all eyes turned to Tennessee. On Aug. 18, 1920, state representatives started to vote.

Source: New York Times August 15, 2020 21:53 UTC