The year American women started voting

The vote of the State legislature Tennessee ended a nationwide debate that had continued for more than a century.

In 1787 the American Constitution guaranteed white men the right to vote. In 1869 the 15th amendment gave black men and former male slaves the right to vote.

The campaign to grant women the right to vote successfully when the US constitution was added these words: “American citizens will not be denied or restricted to vote by federal government or state governments because of gender.” Although some countries had given women a vote, most American women could not vote.

In some countries, even women's voter turnout was against the law. But the 19th amendment changed this practice and therefore American politics on the eve of the 1920 presidential election.