In the United States, women got the right to vote in 1920. The women's suffrage movement started in the 19th century, with the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments, which stated that all men and women were created equal, serving as a major step. An organized effort to secure women’s right to vote took hold over the second half of the 19th century, spanning organizations and generations of supporters. It was a tough fight, but on August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote in America.
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In the United States, women were officially given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment of the Constitution was ratified in 1920. Some states allowed to women to vote earlier.
It was more of an individual state, which was Wyoming.
New Zealand in 1893 is often said to be the first country in the world to give women the right to vote.
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January 18, 2003
Wyoming