Women's Right to Vote (19th Amendment) Key Dates

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

1776 – Constitution granted men the right to vote

1848 – First Woman’s Rights Convention

1872 – Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting

1874 – Supreme Court rejects women’s right to vote

1878 – Women's Suffrage (Right to Vote) Amendment introduced in Senate

1919 – Congress passes the 19^th Amendment (women’s right to vote)

1920 – 19^th Amendment ratified

1920 – Women allowed to vote for first time

1984 – Last state – Mississippi - ratified the 19^th Amendment