Election Time: When Did Women in the USA Win the Right to Vote?

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Election Day is November 6, 2018

An important event for US citizens happens on Tuesday, November 6. It's election time when we vote for the people who will lead our country, states, counties, and cities. We also vote on proposals that will affect us such as making medical and/or recreational marijuana legal and increase the minimum wage for workers.

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Women won the right to vote in the USA in 1920 when the US Congress passed the 19th amendment June 4, 1919, and ratified it on August 18, 1920. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. 

But as early as 1869, the women of Wyoming received the right to vote. One reason the men decided on supporting the women's vote was because there were six men to every one woman in Wyoming at the time. The men hoped by giving women the right to vote, they would realize the Wyoming legislature was forward-thinking and cared about women's rights, so women would move to the state.

Mighty Girl has a fantastic list of books filled with information about The Suffrage Movement, the women's movement to win the right to vote. Go there and learn more about these strong, courageous women and the fight for the right to vote!

Click here to find out more about the Suffrage Movement in this article on the Girls Succeed blog.

We can't imagine not having the right to vote. We need to honor those women who fought and sacrificed in order to make the 19th amendment the law of the land. So, if you're old enough, please go vote!

Voting Day is November 6, 2018