2. Voting Rights
• Women have wanted to vote since before the
Civil War
– Congress wouldn’t let them, but the women
didn’t give up
3. Carrie Chapman Catt
• Gave speeches
• Wrote letters to lawmakers
• Played a big part in earning women the right
to vote
4. Protests
• Thousands of women marched all over
America in protest
– New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C.
5. It Took a Long Time
• Women fought for decades for the right to
vote
6. Winning the Right to Vote
• Congress finally passed the 19th Amendment
– The 19th Amendment gave all women the right to
vote
• In 1920, three-quarters of the states made the
amendment a law
