USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1920, that official was U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. On August 26, 1920, Colby signed a proclamation behind closed doors at 8 a.m. at his own house in Washington, D.C, ending a struggle for the vote that started a century earlier.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vice President Thomas Marshall, flanked by suffragists, signs the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in the Vice President’s ceremonial office in the Capitol. Upon Tennessee’s approval on August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was first drafted in 1878 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton 30 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, where the idea of women’s suffrage gained prominence in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer in the women’s suffrage movement in the United States and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, which she founded with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Anthony’s work helped pave the way for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-5: -On September 30, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson stood before the Senate to call for the passage of the 19th Amendment.