in what year did american women get the right to vote?
The 19th US Constitutional Amendment, which gave women the right to vote in the US, was ratified on August 18, 1920, when the 36th state, Tennessee, voted to ratify the amendment. The ratification was certified on August 26, 1920. In Britain it was in 1928. It depends upon the country. <br /> <br /> New Zealand women gained the right to vote first, in 1893. <br /> <br /> In Australia, the colony of South Australia was where women were first granted the right to vote in 1894.