19th Amendment centennial: 100 years ago women gained the vote

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19th Amendment centennial: 100 years ago women gained the vote

Thomas Levinson

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Aug 18, 2020

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Alice Paul, chair of the National Woman’s Party, after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, in Washington, D.C. on August 19, 1920. Universal Images Group via Getty

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Demonstrators hold a rally for women’s suffrage in New York in September 1916. The Seneca Falls convention in 1848 is widely viewed as the launch of the women’s suffrage movement, yet women didn’t gain the right to vote until ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. AP

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Mrs James Leeds Laidlaw, Mrs Albert Plimpton, Mrs A Hughston, Mrs Frank Stratton and Helen Rich lead the Manhattan Delegation on a Woman Suffrage Party parade through New York in 1915.

(Left to right) Mrs James Leeds Laidlaw, Mrs Albert Plimpton, Mrs A. Hughston, Mrs Frank Stratton and Helen Rich lead the Manhattan Delegation on a Woman Suffrage Party parade through New York in 1915. Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

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At the National Women’s Party headquarters, a group of American suffragists watch as Alice Paul sews stars onto a banner in celebration of the state of Tennessee’s ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, Washington D.C., August, 1920. Getty Images

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A car taking part in a Women’s suffrage parade in Long Island, New York in 1913. Getty Images

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Banner bearers of the National Women’s party campaigning for equal rights for women are arrested in Capitol grounds on Nov. 14, 1918. Getty Images

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Women at a booth implore passers-by to vote yes on women’s suffrage at a vote to be held on October 19, 1915 in New Jersey. Getty Images

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Members of anti-suffrage mob tearing a suffragette banner to bits during protests outside the White House.

Members of anti-suffrage mob tearing a suffragette banner during protests outside the White House. Getty Images

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Men read literature posted in the window of the headquarters of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage as woman stands off to the side, in New York in the 1910s. The NAOWS was founded by Josephine Dodge in 1911 with the belief that women's suffrage would decrease women's work in communities and their ability to effect societal reforms.

Men read literature posted in the window of the headquarters of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage in New York circa 1910. The NAOWS was founded by Josephine Dodge in 1911 with the belief that women’s suffrage would decrease women’s work in communities and their ability to effect societal reforms. Getty Images

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An American suffragette giving a speech in the street. She is standing behind a drum, bearing the slogan ‘Votes For Women’. Getty Images

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Suffragettes use brushes to paste a billboard announcing a votes for women parade and rally to be held at Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. in 1914. Getty Images

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Suffragettes hold a banner which asks, ‘How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty?’ as they picket the White House, Washington, D.C., 1917. Getty Images

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Suffragette marchers arriving in Washington D.C. from New York after a 250-mile march on Feb. 3, 1913. Getty Images

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View of the Woman Suffrage Headquarters located on Upper Euclid Avenue, in Cleveland, OH, September 1912. At extreme right is Miss Belle Sherwin, President of the National League of Women Voters.

View of the Woman Suffrage Headquarters located on Upper Euclid Avenue, in Cleveland, OH, in Sept. 1912. At far right is Miss Belle Sherwin, President of the National League of Women Voters. Getty Images

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An American suffragette carrying a US flag attached to a broom handle, circa 1917. Getty Images

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Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association marching with a banner which publicises their ‘1000 branches organized in 38 states’ at the New York Suffragette Parade on May 3, 1913. Getty Images

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Crowds line the sidewalks to watch a Women’s Suffrage Movement march through New York City on May 3, 1913. Getty Images

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Three suffragists silent sentinels picketing outside the White House holding banner that reads 'Mr President What Will You Do For Woman Suffrage', Washington DC, US, circa 1917.

Three Silent Sentinels picketing outside the White House Washington D.C., in 1917. The Silent Sentinels were a group of women in favor of women’s suffrage that silently protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency starting on January 10, 1917. Getty Images

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A group of Women’s Suffrage activists march in a parade carrying a banner reading ‘I Wish Ma Could Vote’ circa 1913. Getty Images

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Suffragettes representing nearly every state in the United States of America ascending the steps of the Senate in Washington, to present petitions demanding equal rights for women. Getty Images

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Surrounded by mostly women, many with 'Votes for Women' sashes, American politician Governor of Kentucky Edwin P. Morrow (1877 - 1935) signs his states ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Kentucky, January 6, 1920. Also known as the Anthony Amendment, after Susan B. Anthony one of the original co-drafters of the amendment, it prohibited sexual discrimination in the right to vote, and Kentucky was the twenty-fourth state to ratify it.

Kentucky Governor Edwin P. Morrow signs his state’s ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution on January 6, 1920. Also known as the Anthony Amendment, after Susan B. Anthony one of the original co-drafters of the amendment, it prohibits states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex – Kentucky was the 24th state to ratify it. Getty Images

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New York Gov. Alfred E. Smith, welcomes Carrie Chapman Catt, women’s suffrage leader, on her return from Tennessee, the last state to ratify the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, in New York on Aug. 27, 1920. Catt carries a bouquet of blue and yellow flowers, colors of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association. AP

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Women cast their first votes for President. Women of the East Side casting their ballots at the polling place in P.S. 35 at 160 Chrystie Street in November, 1920.

Women of the East Side casting their ballots for President at the polling place in P.S. 35 at 160 Chrystie Street on November 2, 1920. Bettmann Archive

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