If no one will promote or respect us, let us promote and respect ourselves. –Maria W. Stewart, 1831

California ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

Idaho gave women the right to vote on this day in 1896.

Montana & Nevada gave women the right to vote on this day in 1914.

Michigan, Oklahoma & South Dakota gave women the right to vote on this day in 1918.

Maine ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

Arizona, Kansas & Oregon gave women the right to vote on this day in 1912.

New York gave women the right to vote on this day in 1917.

Colorado gave women the right to vote on this day in 1893.

Washington state gave women the right to vote on this day in 1910.

Harriot Kezia Hunt was born on this day in 1805.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on this day in 1815.

Stephen Symonds Foster was born on this day in 1809.

Washington territory gave women the right to vote on this day in 1883. Unfortunately, the courts invalidated Washington's suffrage law in 1887.