when did texas ratify the 19th amendment
On this date in 1919, the Texas Legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote. Many Texas women advocated for womenâs suffrage on the federal level while simultaneously trying to create more visible and flexible roles for women in public life.n 1917, Governor James âPaâ Ferguson, who opposed female suffrage, was impeached, permitting a new and more inclusive atmosphere in which pro-suffragist activists could participate and shape the debate for voting rights for women. In 1918, Texas women won the right to vote in state primaries and political conventions.