The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Women’s Rights National Historical Park tells the story of the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, NY on July 19-20,1848. It is a story of struggles for civil rights, human rights, and equality, global struggles that continue today. The efforts of women’s rights leaders, abolitionists, and other 19th century reformers remind us that all people must be accepted as equals.
Women's Suffrage
The Women's Suffrage Movement in the United States took a lot of its early cues from the movement began in Great Britain. The aim was to grant the right to vote to women-a right that had been denied since the inception of the country. The Women's Right's convention in Seneca Falls started the Suffrage movement in America, but it wasn't until 1920, seventy-two years later, that the 19th Amendment would pass, allowing women the right to vote in all states.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Alice Paul
Susan B. Anthony
Lucretia Mott
Sojourner Truth
Jeannette Rankin
Lucy Stone
Anna Howard Shaw
Ida B. Wells
Sally Heathcote
Maria Baldwin
Amy Kirby Post
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