How Women Won The Right To Vote In US Presidential Elections

For the second time in eight years, the United States has a woman candidate on the Presidential ballot. But not many know that in the oldest democracy in the world, women didn't have the right to vote until just over 100 years ago. The American women's struggle for the right to vote was a long and arduous one spanning several decades before the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920.

This movement not only transformed the political landscape of the nation but also laid the groundwork for future generations to continue advocating for gender equality and civil rights.

The roots of the suffrage movement can be traced back to the early 19th century, alongside the fight against slavery. Women like Lucretia Mott emerged as advocates within the anti-slavery movement. When Elizabeth Cady Stanton aligned herself with these antislavery efforts, she and Mott recognised that both women's rights and the rights of enslaved individuals required urgent attention and reform.