The Fight For Women's Suffrage

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I learned that women were not automatically granted the right to vote and had to work and fight for the 19th amendment to the Constitution long and hard. It wasn't until less than a century before that women gained the right to vote. Women's rights activist such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott made it possible for women to have a voice. Movements and protests led by various women leaders help shape the ground for adding the amendment. To me this subject is very important because today I know I am able to have a say in the future of our country. Once I turn 18 I will be able to vote for the person I think will best lead me which is a great privilege.