Beginning in the 1800s, women organized, petitioned, and picketed to win the right to vote. Some tried to pass voting acts in each state—nine western states adopted woman suffrage legislation by 1912. Others challenged male-only voting laws in the courts. Some suffragists used more confrontational tactics such as picketing, silent vigils, and hunger strikes. Often […]

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