Women's Rights
Starting in 1910, some states in the West began to extend the vote to women for
the first time in almost 20 years.
the first time in almost 20 years.
world war 1 slowed the suffragists’ campaign but
helped them advance their argument nonetheless: Women’s work on behalf of the
war effort, activists pointed out, proved that they were just as patriotic and
deserving of citizenship as men, and on August 26, 1920, the 19th
amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified.
helped them advance their argument nonetheless: Women’s work on behalf of the
war effort, activists pointed out, proved that they were just as patriotic and
deserving of citizenship as men, and on August 26, 1920, the 19th
amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified.