women voting rights
Women's suffragists parade in New York City in 1917, carrying placards with signatures of more than a million women. Women's suffrage in the United States, the legal right of women to vote, was established over the course of several decades, first in various states and localities, sometimes on a limited basis, and then nationally in 1920. The demand for women's suffrage began to gather strength in the 1840s, emerging from the broader movement for women's rights.