The Right to Vote for Women

In my last post I mentioned the 19th Amendment passed in 1920.  This is the Amendment that gave women the right to vote.

It's hard to imagine that there was a time in the United States when women could not vote.  Today women not only vote for our leaders in government, they have become our leaders in government.  Women like US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton serve in important positions in our government.  

But it was the actions and struggles of American women before her that won that right.  They organized into groups and committees, they held parades to gain public awareness and they picketted in front of the White House to demand the President take action.  All of these efforts, over time, led to the success, all women in the US share today.  The right to vote.