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Did Rankin introduce the legislation that became the 19th Constitutional Amendment?

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Yes, Senator Jeannette Pickering Rankin introduced the legislation that eventually became the 19th Amendment granting women's suffrage. Contrary to popular belief, Susan B. Anthony did not. Anthony had been a prominent leader of the women's suffrage movement since the mid-1800s, but she died fourteen years before the 19th Amendment was passed.
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