Mandate and Judgement in Minor v. Happersett

In 1872, Virginia Minor sued a Missouri registrar for refusing to register her to vote. In the case Minor v. Happersett, she argued that the 14th Amendment conferred citizenship on women and that voting was a citizenship right. However, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision (as shown in this document), ruling unanimously that the Constitution did not guarantee a citizen’s right to vote and that states could restrict voting rights to men.