Together they were stronger. And they were serious about getting the right to vote.

In fact, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for attempting to vote for Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election.

Six years later, in 1878, a Woman’s Suffrage Amendment was introduced to U.S. Congress.

With the formation of numerous groups, such as the Women’s Christian Temperence Union (WCTU), the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) ,the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and, the Women’s Trade Union League, the women’s movement gained a full head of steam during the 1890’s and early 1900’s.

The U.S. involvement in World War I in 1918 slowed down the suffrage campaign as women pitched in for the war effort.

In 1919, after years of petitioning, picketing, and protest parades, the Nineteenth Amendment was passed by both houses of Congress and in 1920 it became ratified under the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.

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