A little over a century ago, feminists tirelessly campaigned for women’s suffrage in the United States. They organized marches and other events in hopes of increasing public support for the campaign. One hundred years ago this month, women were finally given the right to vote through the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment was first introduced to Congress in 1878. It took more than 40 years for it to be passed and then approved by three-fourths of the states. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the much-needed 36th state to ratify the amendment. At the time, the country had 48 states. The fight for voting rights goes back to the country’s first women’s rights convention in 1848. The meeting was held at Wesleyan Methodist Church in Seneca Falls, New York.