History of Voting Rights
White Men only
After Civil War — All men (check amendment no. and brief text)
Women’s Vote —
One hundred years ago, women won the right to vote in the United States. The women’s suffrage movement took decades of organizing to achieve success, from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, to mass civil disobedience and protest leading up to the adoption and ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Now, a century later, the right to vote is on perilous ground, with aggressive and systematic efforts to disenfranchise voters in states across the country. (Goodman and Moynihan, column 1-4-20)
Voter Surpression