New York Ratifies the 19th Amendment, June 16, 1919
Introduction
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In many ways New York is the birthplace of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. The July 1848 Seneca Falls Convention is largely considered the start of the suffrage movement, even though women had been calling for increased political rights since the Revolution and Early National period. In addition, leading suffragette Susan B. Anthony called New York home and she led the movement of lobbying Congress for a national amendment (the 19th Amendment is often called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment). After a campaign by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) to get individual states to give the vote to women, New York granted the vote to women in November 1917. New York voted to ratify the 19th Amendment on June 16, 1919.
Images
1915 suffrage march in New York City
1915 suffrage march in New York City
New York State Woman Suffrage Party Banner, 1915 (New York State Museum)
Sources
"New York and the 19th Amendment." National Park Service. August 9, 2019. Accessed June 25, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/articles/new-york-and-the-19th-amendment.htm
Jaya Saxena. "1915: Women March for Suffrage in New York City." Behind the Scenes. New-York Historical Society Museum & Library. October 23, 2014. Accessed June 25, 2021. https://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/1915-women-march-suffrage/.
Jaya Saxena. "1915: Women March for Suffrage in New York City." Behind the Scenes. New-York Historical Society Museum & Library. October 23, 2014. Accessed June 25, 2021. https://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/1915-women-march-suffrage/.
"Gallery of Historic Images and Artifacts." Women's Suffrage Commission Resources. Accessed June 25, 2021. https://www.ny.gov/new-york-state-womens-suffrage-commission/womens-suffrage-commission-resources.