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This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Florida. Ella C. Chamberlain began women's suffrage efforts in Florida starting in 1892. However, after Chamberlain leaves the state in 1897, suffrage work largely ceases until the next century.
By 1919, several cities in Florida allowed women to vote in municipal elections. Florida did not take action on the Nineteenth Amendment, and only ratified it years later on May 13, 1969. Early efforts (1890 - 1900)
Feb 20, 2020 · A ballot measure to grant women the vote failed in 1877. The state constitution of 1876 permitted suffrage to be enacted with a simple majority vote of both legislature and electorate, bypassing the need for a supermajority of two-thirds for a constitutional amendment to pass.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
In 1920, women in Florida gained the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting women the legal right to participate in elections.
By the 1870s, women pressured Congress to vote on an amendment that would recognize their suffrage rights. This amendment was sometimes known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment and became the 19th Amendment.
13 May 1969. 1969 – The Florida Legislature symbolically ratified the 19 th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote on this date.
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Feb 2, 2019 · First things first: 1920 wasn’t actually the start of women voting in Florida, nor was it the start of women serving in public office. By the time the 19th Amendment was ratified, several Florida communities had already granted women the right to vote in municipal elections.
