Women and suffrage
In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson lent his support for a federal womens suffrage amendment and addressed the Senate about granting women suffrage at the end of World War I. In 1919, the Senate passed the 19th Amendment setting in motion the ratification process and finally on 26 August 1920 ~100 years ago ~with three quarters of state legislatures ratifying the amendment, American women secured full voting rights
