Women were granted the right to vote by the 19th Amendment, passed by Congress in 1919 and ratified by enough states in 1920 to take effect. In 1923, the Supreme Court decided that federal minimum wage legislation applying to women infringed on the liberty of contract and thus on the Fifth Amendment.
Green Lady may refer to: 1  Chinese Girl, a painting by Vladimir Tretchikoff. 2  Lady of the Green Kirtle, the main villain in C.S. Lewis's book The Silver Chair.
Back to table of contents. Dr. Alice P. Green is known for her work as a criminal justice activist in New York State.[1] Alice Green grew up a member of one of the few African American families in the small Adirondack mining town of Witherbee, New York.