The Feminist movement is often defined as a movement that advocates equal rights for women. Women have been fighting for many centuries now, just for equality. Equal employment, equal pay, equal opportunity, the list goes on. Since the nineteenth century women have been constantly ac

During World War I NAWSA leaders worked both for Suffrage and in support of the war effort. The Congressional Union only worked for Suffrage. They flouted Wilson's slogan that the purpose of the War was "to make the world safe for democracy" by standing outside the White House with banners reading, "How long must women wait for democracy?" The rate of state enfranchisement of women accelerated and pressure on the President and Congress intensified. In January 1918 President Wilson declared his support for a federal amendment, and later that month the House passed the amendment without a single vote to spare. It was not until May of 1919 that the Senate did likewise. A ferocious state-by-state battle ensued to get the three-fourths necessary to ratify the Suffrage Amendment. It almost didn't make it, but by two votes Tennessee became the 36th state. On August 26, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment joined the Constitution and twenty six million American women became eligible to vote.

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