Suffrage 2020

Washington was the first state in the 20th century and the fifth state in the Union to enact women’s suffrage.  This milestone inspired the rest of the States to allow women the right to vote ten years later in 1920.  Read more…

Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote.
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote.