The 19th Amendment passed 100 years ago today. These photos of suffragettes will make you want to get out and vote.

Talia LakritzAug 18, 2020, 22:35 IST

Suffragettes parade through New York City.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was ratified on August 18, 1920.
Suffragettes were arrested, imprisoned, and otherwise targeted as they fought for voting rights.
However, Black women and other women of color largely could not vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and voting rights amendments in 1975.

Just 100 years ago, women were still barred from voting in the polls.

Suffragettes like Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and "General" Rosalie Jones fought for women's voting rights through public demonstrations and political advocacy, facing arrest, jail time, and widespread harassment in order to further their cause. President Trump pardoned Susan B. Anthony on Tuesday.

It would still be decades before all women could vote, however. Black women and other women of color faced obstacles that restricted them from voting until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and voting rights amendments in 1975.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote, here are 19 photos of the women who helped make it possible.

Suffragettes held a parade in New York City on May 6, 1912.

A suffragette parade in New York City in 1912. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

Some women had voting rights before the 19th Amendment was passed, but most were barred from the polls.

Suffragists displaying banners in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1912. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

The iconic "Votes for women" sashes were a mainstay in suffragettes' public demonstrations.

The New York Women's Suffrage Parade circa 1913. Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

"General" Rosalie Jones earned her nickname by leading the "Suffrage Army" in marches across the US.

"General" Rosalie Jones and her "army." AP

Women from different parts of the US would meet up in Washington, DC, to push for voting rights.

Suffragettes at the Capitol building in 1913. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

Demonstrators carried signs with slogans like "I wish Ma could vote."

A group of suffragettes march in a parade carrying a banner circa 1913. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Another 1913 banner quoted poet Lord Alfred Tennyson: "The woman's cause is man's; they rise or fall together."

Women riding to New York's City Hall in 1913. PhotoQuest/Getty Images

In 1917, suffragists from New York picketed outside the White House.

New York suffragists picket demonstration outside the White House in 1917. AP

Suffragist Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to hold federal office when she was elected to the House of Representatives in 1916.

Jeannette Rankin makes her first speech to the United States House of Representatives. CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

On October 27, 1917, 20,000 suffragists marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Komako Kimura, a Japanese suffragist. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

The activism occasionally landed the suffragists in prison.

Suffrage banner bearers being arrested during protests outside the White House. Topical Press Agency/Stringer/Getty Images

Katherine Morey, a suffragist from Boston, was arrested along with Lucy Burns at a demonstration in Washington, DC, in 1917.

Katherine Morey on the way to police station with a Washington policeman. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

After they were released from prison, the suffragists went on speaking tours while wearing their prison uniforms to share their experiences.

Suffragists attend a meeting of the National Women's Party in New York wearing their prison garb to describe their experiences. Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images

Suffragists picketed outside the Metropolitan Opera House in 1919 where President Wilson was speaking to the League of Nations.

From left to right: Ella C. Thompson, Alex Shields, Alice Paul, and Wilma Keams. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

Women attended the GOP Convention in 1920 to rally support for the 19th Amendment granting them the right to vote.

Chairwoman Alice Paul, second from left, pictured with Sue White, Benigna Green Kalb, James Rector, Mary Dubrow, and Elizabeth Kalb. AP

Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on August 13, 1920, making women's suffrage legal throughout the US.

Women stand and cheer at the National Women's Party headquarters in 1920. Stock Montage/Getty Images

Since alcoholic beverages were still banned under Prohibition, Alice Paul toasted the good news with grape juice.

Alice Paul makes a toast to Tennessee's ratification of the 19th Amendment. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

White women cast their first votes in the presidential election of November 2, 1920, but it would be decades before all women could vote.

Women cast their first votes for president in 1920. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

But the 19th Amendment marked the end of one battle, and the beginning of countless more.

Noted suffrage leaders Carrie Chapman Catt and Mary Garrett Hay cast their votes for president in 1920. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images

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