The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote

Learn about the triumphs and struggles that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in The 19th Amendment.

Highlighting some of the many women who transformed constitutional history—including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells—the exhibit allows visitors to better understand the long fight for women's suffrage.

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The 3,000-square-foot exhibit includes nearly 100 artifacts and takes visitors through the decades of organizing and agitation that led to the 19th Amendment. Key pieces include a rare printing of the Declaration of Sentiments from the first formal women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, a ballot box used to collect women’s votes in the late 1800s, Pennsylvania’s ratification copy of the 19th Amendment, as well as various “Votes for Women” ephemera.

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Check out highlights from the gallery. Please note, artifacts are rotated and subject to change.

Exhibit Interactives

The Awakening

Explore this interactive map to discover how women's suffrage at the state level paved the way for the 19th Amendment.

The Debates

Explore the range of arguments that were advanced in the long fight for women's suffrage—and listen to the debates.

Drafting Table

See how universal suffrage proposals first emerged and evolved to end gender discrimination in voting.

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The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote is made possible through the generous support of:

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

And through the generous support of:

Mauree Jane and Mark W. Perry

John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

The Snider Foundation

The McLean Contributionship

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