This Week In American History: On August 18, 1920 the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. The Seneca Falls Convention Founded in the mid 19th century, America’s suffrage movement’s founders were women who had honed their skills through work in the abolitionist and temperance movements. In July 1848, 200 women suffragists met in … [Read more...]