When were women in the United States granted the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote it was ratified on August 26, 1920. The 19th Amendment states “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. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this Article by appropriate legislation.” When did the women’s suffrage movement begin? The first Women’s Rights Convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. This event set in motion a national movement to grant women important social, civil and religious rights, including the right to vote. Who were the leaders of the movement? The early leaders and pioneers of the movement were Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, progressives and activists in the anti-slavery/civil rights movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton using the Declaration of Independence as a guide created a Declaration of Principals that brought to light inequalities between men and women and made recomm
