Women in the United States gained the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920. This amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based on sex, thereby granting women suffrage nationwide.
Before full national suffrage, some states had already granted women partial or full voting rights. The 19th Amendment symbolized the culmination of decades of activism and struggle by suffragists and suffragettes. In other countries, the timeline varies. For example, in the UK, some women gained voting rights in 1918, and full equal voting rights with men were achieved in 1928.
In summary:
- U.S. women officially gained the right to vote nationally in 1920 with the 19th Amendment.
- Partial voting rights for women existed in some states before that date.
- Other countries followed different timelines for women's suffrage.
