Today in 1919, Congress passes the 19th Amendment and sends it to the states for ratification. The Amendment granted a right for Women to vote, completing a major goal of the Women’s suffrage movement. The suffrage movement for women kicked off at Seneca fall, New York during July of 1848. 240 Women attended the event, including great minds like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. As the Women struggled on, many organizations began to pop up across the country. The National Woman Suffrage Association, led by Susan B. Anthony and, as well as the American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Lucy Stone.
By 1890, the two groups would come together to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association and in that sane year, Wyoming became the first state to allow Women voters. With the start of the 19th century World War I. Women began playing a bigger role in society as men were away overseas. Noting this, President Woodrow Wilson proposed the idea of giving the right for Women to vote. By 1920, Tennessee was the final state needed to ratify the Amendment, and placed the law into effect Nationwide.
