aug 18, 1920 - 19th Amendment

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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, known as women’s suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest. In 1848 the movement for women’s rights launched on a national level with the Seneca Falls Convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. After the convention, the right to vote became the center of the women’s rights movement. Stanton and Mott, along with Susan B. Anthony and other activists, raised public awareness and petitioned the government to grant voting rights to women. After a long protest, the women's rights movement was a success with the passage of the 19th Amendment.

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