the 19th Amendment
For women to gain the right to vote in the United States, it took a long time, and many years of advocacy. The process began in 1848 with the Seneca Falls (NY) convention, when about 90 women and a few supportive men gathered to speak on behalf of women's suffrage. The next step was when individual states (Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, etc) began granting women the right to vote in local and state elections in the 1880s and 1890s. And the process concluded with women finally gaining full voting rights in August 1920, when the 19th amendment was finally ratified. Many women of all colors and social strata worked hard to achieve the vote for women. Among them were Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, Susan B. Anthony, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Belva Lockwood, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
