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100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

1920-2020

  • Indiana Ratified the 19th Amendment on January 16, 1920
  • Indiana was the 26th state to ratify the 19th Amendment
  • In 1932, Virginia Jenckes was the first Indiana woman elected to the US House of Representatives.
  • Former Indiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, was the longest serving Secretary of State in Indiana history.