Women's Suffrage

by Justin Gregory

Demonstrations for women's right to vote in the United States were documented, historically, as early as 1848 at the famous Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY.

On June 4th, 1919, the United States Congress and Senate approved the 19th amendment to the US constitution. It read as follows:

Article IXX: "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."

Now that it was approved by the Senate, 36 states had to approve the new amendment for it to become constitutional law. On Aug 26, 1920, Connecticut's and Vermont's votes ratified the proposed amendment to the Constitution, affording American women the right to vote.

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