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Women Delegates to the National Democratic Convention, San Francisco, California, April 1920. Courtesy the Dallas Historical Society The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect August 26, 1920. On August 25, 1920, Governor William P. Hobby signed the Texas Suffrage Ratification Proclamation and designated September 4 a state holiday.He recommended that, "all the people suspend their labors on that day and honor the indomitable spirit of American womanhood." |