19th Amendment

The 19th Amendment of the Constitution was ratified by Congress on August 18, 1920. This amendment gave American women the right to vote in elections for the first time. This historic event capped more than 70 years of lobbying, marching and organizing by Americans such as Julia Ward Howe, Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul.
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