vote after receiving a note from his mother, Phoebe Ensminger Burn, imploring him to vote yes for ratification. (8) On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and final State needed to pass the 19th Amendment, ensuring its ratification pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States. (9) The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920, when Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby issued a proclamation announcing it has become part of the Constitution of the United States. (10) The ratification of the 19th Amendment marked the single largest extension of voting rights in United States history, enfranchising 27,000,000 American women in the United States. (b) Purpose The purpose of this Act is— (1) to honor and commemorate the work of women suffrage activists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries