![]() Today San Francisco is still considered one of the most progressive cities in the States, especially when it comes to gay rights. But, thanks to the smaller towns and valley communities, the vote ended in favor of the suffragists almost a decade before any other state passed the amendment. In 1911, only two counties stood in the way of women having the right to vote: Alameda and San Francisco. Not giving up that easily, the suffragists continued their struggle. Thanks to the efforts of Californian suffragists, the bill giving women the right to vote won approval in state legislature as early as 1893, but was vetoed by the governor as unconstitutional. However, in California, women had won the right to vote in 1911. It was only in 1920 that the Nineteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote nationwide. Photo: Library of CongressThe suffrage movement in the US began in the late 19th Century. ![]()
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