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The Real History of Women's Voting Rights

Women gained the right to vote with the Nineteenth Amendment. But this did not guarantee everybody could vote. Indigenous peoples were excluded because they were not considered US citizens. Black people faced barriers to voting, such as literacy tests, poll taxes, and threats of violence. Learn about the history of women's voting rights, including how suffrage was tied to abolition, how certain groups were excluded from the Nineteenth Amendment, and what voting obstacles still exist today.