The following states rejected ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote in federal elections, until years after it was adopted by three-quarters of the states in August, 1920 (Connecticut, ratified one months later and never rejected it, it was just a bit slow in getting around to the issue; Delaware and Maryland, the only two states outside the former Confederacy to reject the 19th Amendment, were also the first to reverse their positions).
Delaware rejected the amendment in 1920, but did ratify in 1923.
Maryland rejected the amendment in 1920, but ratified it in 1941.
Virginia rejected the amendment in 1920, but ratified it in 1952.
Alabama rejected the amendment in 1919, but ratified in in 1953.
South Carolina rejected the amendment in 1920, but ratified in 1969.
Georgia rejected the amendment in 1919, but ratified it in 1970.
Louisiana rejected the amendment in 1920, but ratified it in 1970.
Mississippi rejected the amendment in 1920, but ratified it in 1984.
Florida didn't reject the 19th Amendment, but didn't ratify it until 1969.
North Carolina didn't reject the 19th Amendment, but didn't ratify it until 1971.
If the Civil War hadn't been fought, Southern women probably wouldn't have gotten the right to vote in national elections until the 1970s.
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