Minor v. Happersett 1875

Did the Fourteenth Amendment give women citizens the right to vote?

88 U.S. 162 (1875)Voting and electionsSuperseded by the Nineteenth Amendment

The question: Did the Fourteenth Amendment give women citizens the right to vote?
What the Court held: No. Citizenship did not carry the right to vote, and states could limit suffrage to men.
The vote: 9–0
Answered by amendment: The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified 1920: The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex.
Era: Reconstruction
Read the opinion: 88 U.S. 162 (1875), full text

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