The text of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is simple:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any States on Account of sex.The path to getting this text made part of the law of the land effective August 26, 1920, was not so simple. Or short.The Congress shall have the power by appropriate legislation to enforce the provisions of this article.
In 1776, New Jersey gave women with over $250 in property the right to vote, but that right was soon rescinded. Beginning in 1837, women began winning the right to vote in local and state jurisdictions, first in school elections, then in other elections. In 1869, territory and future state Wyoming gave women the same right to vote as men. Read more details about the slow progress of women's suffrage, right up to 90 years ago when women won the right to vote in the U.S. on an equal basis with men:
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You sort of brush by a fairly significant point: the right to vote granted in 1776 was rescinded. Why? Research shows that in political developments preceding the civil war, women voted nearly overwhelmingly conservative. That suggests a political bias to exclude their votes. That’s an important piece of women’s history.
Actually, that is referred to in the timeline of women’s suffrage on this site. The rescinding of the right was pretty quickly, and according to available information, few women actually did vote in those early years.