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PERFECT 36: WHEN WOMEN WON THE VOTE chronicles the dramatic vote to ratify this Amendment and the years of debate about women's suffrage that preceded it. In Tennessee, after two consecutive 48-48 outcomes to table the issue, it was put to a vote. At the last minute, 24-year-old representative swung his vote, making Tennessee the deciding 36th state to enable passage of the 19th Amendment.

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Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote
Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote
A chronicle of the passage of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote.
Special: 26:46
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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