<P> In 1916 Alice Paul formed the National Woman 's Party ( NWP ) , a militant group focused on the passage of a national suffrage amendment . Over 200 NWP supporters , the Silent Sentinels , were arrested in 1917 while picketing the White House , some of whom went on hunger strike and endured forced feeding after being sent to prison . Under the leadership of Carrie Chapman Catt , the two - million - member NAWSA also made a national suffrage amendment its top priority . After a hard - fought series of votes in the U.S. Congress and in state legislatures , the Nineteenth Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution on August 26 , 1920 . It states , `` The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex . '' </P>
<P> In 1916 Alice Paul formed the National Woman 's Party ( NWP ) , a militant group focused on the passage of a national suffrage amendment . Over 200 NWP supporters , the Silent Sentinels , were arrested in 1917 while picketing the White House , some of whom went on hunger strike and endured forced feeding after being sent to prison . Under the leadership of Carrie Chapman Catt , the two - million - member NAWSA also made a national suffrage amendment its top priority . After a hard - fought series of votes in the U.S. Congress and in state legislatures , the Nineteenth Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution on August 26 , 1920 . It states , `` The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex . '' </P>
when did women get the right to vote in the us
when did women get the right to vote in the us
August 26 , 1920
August 26 , 1920