The right to vote has a long history in the United States and members of marginalized communities and women had to fight to be able to vote. In 1920, women in the United States were finally granted the right to vote with the 19th Amendment.
To learn more about women and their fight to be able to vote, check out these titles!
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Your voice, your vote : the savvy woman's guide to politics, power, and the change we need by Martha Burk
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American women's suffrage : voices from the long struggle for the vote 1776-1965 by Susan Ware
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Votes for women! : American suffragists and the battle for the ballot by Winifred Conkling
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She votes : how U.S. women won suffrage, and what happened next by Bridget Quinn
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Vanguard : how black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all by Martha S. Jones
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Why they marched : untold stories of the women who fought for the right to vote by Susan Ware
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The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote by Elaine F. Weiss
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Mr. President, how long must we wait? : Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the fight for the right to vote by Tina Cassidy
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Woman suffrage & politics : the inner story of the Suffrage Movement by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler