The first 10 amendments are known as the Bill of Rights. According to the National Archives, The Constitution might never have been ratified if the framers hadn't promised to add a Bill of Rights. The first ten amendments to the Constitution gave citizens more confidence in the new government and contain many of today's Americans' most valued freedoms.
There are 27 amendments.
The 19th Amendment - the right to vote for women (suffrage) was ratified on August 18, 1920.
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Recent exhibitions and periodical articles on the 19th Amendment
