# 100 years to the day, the US passed the 19th amendment **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 19, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-years-to-the-day-the-us-passed-the-19th-amendment/918479 "2020-08-19T07:34:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-years-to-the-day-the-us-passed-the-19th-amendment/918479/1 "2020-08-19T07:34:16Z")
Put this here, even thought it’s not a question, because MPSIMS didn’t feel right. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-years-to-the-day-the-us-passed-the-19th-amendment/918479/2 "2020-08-19T15:50:59Z")
It’s only fitting that today Kamala Harris will accept the Democratic nomination for Vice-President of the United States, as she has broken so many barriers. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-years-to-the-day-the-us-passed-the-19th-amendment/918479/3 "2020-08-19T15:56:13Z")
It was actually ratified a hundred years ago _yesterday_: [Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution) But definitely worth marking the occasion, I agree (as I did on FB).