Women's Suffrage — The Fight for the Vote

Q: What did Susan B. Anthony do?
A: Fought for women's rights / fought for civil rights

Q: What amendment gave women the right to vote?
A: The 19th Amendment

Q: When was the 19th Amendment ratified?
A: 1920

Key figures:

Susan B. Anthony — led National Woman Suffrage Association, arrested for voting illegally in 1872

Elizabeth Cady Stanton — co-authored Declaration of Sentiments (1848); organized Seneca Falls Convention

Sojourner Truth — former slave who fought for both abolition and women's rights

Alice Paul — led more militant suffrage campaigns, organized 1913 parade in DC

Seneca Falls Convention (1848):

First women's rights convention in the US

Produced the Declaration of Sentiments: "All men and women are created equal"

Demanded the right to vote, own property, and receive equal education

The fight took 72 years — from Seneca Falls to ratification of the 19th Amendment.

Reference:

Wikipedia: Women's Suffrage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States