IMHO, it is among the most essential respects of a government to hear the voices of the people. It is a source of shame that anyone is denied that respect. Hawaii and Alaska were not states in 1919 when the 19th Amendment was proposed. Of the remaining 48 states the required 3/4 (36 states) had voted to ratify in the 14 months after its proposal. The remaining 12 states ratified over the period from 1920 to 1984. A case in Maryland (Leser v. Garnett) went to SCOTUS in 1922 and was decided in favor of women's voting rights.
Native Americans including women were still prohibited from voting in some states even after the 19th Amendment. The last state to change these laws did so in 1957 and the folks who had been on this continent the longest were finally able to vote.
Discrimination is scourge and should be eliminated everywhere.
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