The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote on August 26, 1920 -- seventy-two years after the idea had first been proposed.
During those years, women protested, rallied and marched. As they began to take on work typically done by men at the start of World War I, women put pressure on then-President Woodrow Wilson to see them as political equals. Eventually, they gained his support.
In honor of the 93rd anniversary, brush up on your women's history and remember those who secured U.S. ladies' right to vote.