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1920 · Amendments

The 19th Amendment

Women can vote.

A 1913 suffrage poster of Inez Milholland riding a white horse, leading the march for women’s vote.
The real thing · Suffrage poster, 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession. Library of Congress, public domain.
Remember this

Half the country finally got its voice.

✏️Women in old-fashioned clothes marching with sashes and signs that say “Votes.”
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For most of history, women were not allowed to vote. That meant half the people had no say at all.

✏️A determined woman handing a torch to a little girl.
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Women marched, and spoke, and would not give up — for almost 100 years. Some even went to jail for it.

✏️A grandmother, a mother, and a daughter all voting together at three booths, smiling.
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Finally the rulebook changed: no one can be stopped from voting just because they are a woman. Now everyone’s voice counts.

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