Alice Paul unfurling the ratification banner over the railing of the National Woman’s Party headquarters on August 26, 1920 — the day the 19th Amendment was ratified. The banner was one of the most important to the NWP. For every state that ratified suffrage, the members sewed on a star. When Tennessee ratified the amendment, the final star was sewn on.
Alice Paul Unfurls Suffrage Ratification Flag — August 20, 1920
Alice Paul unfurling the ratification banner over the railing of the National Woman’s Party headquarters on August 26, 1920 — the day the 19th Amendment was ratified. The banner was one of the most important to the NWP. For every state that ratified suffrage, the members sewed on a star. When Tennessee ratified the amendment, the final star was sewn on.