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Women Want to Vote
Women got together to start picketing to earn their rights because they thought they should be treated equal to men. Between 1878 and August 18, 1920 people that agreed with womens right to vote worked tirelessly to help them gain their right. They tried many different strategies such as; petitions, pickets, parades, vigils, and hunger strikes. During some of these actions, women were sometimes physically abused or taken to jail. This was considered the beginning of the womens sufferage movement -
Right to Vote
Women discussed the rights of women to vote. 240 women suffragists met in New York to discuss their rights. The North-South conflict and Civil War interupted further gatherings. -
Women's Groups
Susan B. Anthony led the National Woman Suffrage Association and Lucy Stone led the American Woman Suffrage Association which were formed to help amend the Constitution. Lucy Stone worked with the state legislatures. -
National Woman's Party
More women were working and receiving a better education so the role of women was changing. The National Woman's Party organized these women to elect representatives who would support woman suffrage. -
Majority Vote
The House of Representatives had 2/3 majority vote. During this time, 15 states joined. Both the Democratic and Republican parties sided with the women. -
The House of Representatives Passed the Amendment
The Senate passed the amendment two weeks later. There were still not enough states to ratify the amendment. -
Congress Passes the 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is passed by Congress and sent on to the states to be ratified. -
Women Suffrage Amendment Ratified
By August 18, Tennessee joined and became the 36th state. This gave them the 3/4 majority they needed to ratify the amendment. -
19th Amendment Adopted
The Constitution formally adopted the 19th Amendment. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification. It took more than 70 years for women to earn their rights. No women, photographers, or film cameras were present at the signing of the proclamation. However, head of the National American Suffrage Association, Carrie Chapman Catt, was invited to meet President Woodrow Wilson and Edith Wilson at the White House. -
Supreme Court Defends Women's Voting Rights
Womens voting rights were defended by the Supreme Court. The eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court declared womens suffrage constitutional.
