In Minor v. Happersett (1875), the Supreme Court cited Section2 as supporting its conclusion that the right to vote was not among the "privileges and immunities of citizenship" protected by Section 1. Women would not achieve equal voting rights throughout the U.S. until the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
In Minor v. Happersett (1875), the Supreme Court cited Section2 as supporting its conclusion that the right .to vote was not among the "privileges and immunities of citizenship" protected by Section 1 Women would not achieve equal voting rights throughout the U.S. until the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.