19th Amendment

This map records the level of voting rights achieved by women in different states before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

The 19th Amendment granted American women the legal right to vote, a milestone achieved through decades of struggle. Beginning in the mid-19th century, generations of suffragists engaged in lectures, writings, marches, lobbying efforts, and acts of civil disobedience to push for what was once seen…

<p><span class="deck">In 1917, fed up with the inaction of conservative suffragists, Alice Paul decided on the unorthodox strategy of pressuring the president directly.</span></p>