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"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. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation". -The 19 Amendment

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When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, a woman suffrage amendment was submitted in the House of Representatives two year after 1919, it had passed both houses of Congress and was soon ratified by the necessary 36 states.

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More women were working and they had well paying jobs. They were doing the same jobs as the men, but they weren't getting paid the same.

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The suffrage movement gave woman many opportunities that they didn't have before. For example, they were able to go to college and jobs opened up for them.

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In 1923, proposed an amendment to the Constitution that prohibited all discrimination on the basis of sex. The so-called Equal Rights Amendment has never been ratified.

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The Women's suffrage movement began in 1848.  It took 70 years for something to be done about it.  Thanks to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony, there were many organizations that supported women's suffrage and made people hear what they had to say.

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On August  18,  1920, the 19 Amendment was passed.   The 19 Amendment gives women the right to vote. Before that women didn't have the same rights as men. They were seen as lower then them and they didn't deserve the right to vote.