On #ThisDayInHistory in 1920, the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing white women the right to vote, was formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution. The amendment was the culmination of more than 70 years of struggle by women suffragists. https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-womens-suffrage-movement | HISTORY

3.6K views · 16 reactions | Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was 16 when she marched for women’s right to vote. Lee fought for women’s suffrage, even though after the 19th Amendment was ratified, she would still be barred from voting by laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act. Learn more at: s.si.edu/youth-democracy | National Museum of American History | Facebook