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Women voting in New York City Timeline of voting rights Woman suffrage: In the United States, 1776–1959
The journey to women's voting rights and the Nineteenth Amendment
Is there a difference between a suffragist and a suffragette?
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Women casting their vote in New York City, c. 1920s. At Fifty-sixth and Lexington Avenue, the women voters showed no ignorance or trepidation, but cast their ballots in a businesslike way that bespoke study of suffrage."
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Prominent woman's suffrage advocates parade in an open car supporting the ratification of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote in federal elections. (From left) W.L. Prendergast, W.L. Colt, Doris Stevens, and Alice Paul; c. 1910-15.
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The journey to women's voting rights and the Nineteenth Amendment
Learn more about the women's suffrage movement in this interview with Dr. Colleen...
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Is there a difference between a suffragist and a suffragette?
We wouldn't blame you for thinking they were synonyms.
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Women voting in New York City
Women casting their votes in New York City, c. 1920s.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 00037)
Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, ratified in 1920.
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The Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the United States.
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Woman suffrage
Woman suffrage advocates parading in an open car in support of ratification of the...
George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 19032)

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Timeline of voting rights
Explore the history of voting rights in the United States.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Woman suffrage: In the United States, 1776–1959
*The phrase partial suffrage indicates a variety of limitations imposed...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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