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Women’s Equality Day: Photos of suffragettes through the years

Jennifer Ortiz | jortiz@wtop.com

August 26, 2017, 10:03 PM

WASHINGTON — Saturday is Women’s Equality Day, commemorating the 97th anniversary since the certification of the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920.

The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.

“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,” states the 19th amendment.

It took women’s activists, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, 70 years of lobbying to finally gain the right to vote through the 19th amendment.

Here are photos of suffragettes through the years.

A line of women rally for women's suffrage and advertise a free rally discussing women's right to vote in Washington D.C. on Oct. 3, 1915. (AP Photo)
A line of women rally for women’s suffrage and advertise a free rally discussing women’s right to vote in Washington D.C. on Oct. 3, 1915. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
To call attention to the struggle for votes for women, these suffragettes are taking off from Midland Beach, in Staten Island, New York, on December 2, 1916, to distribute literature to the people of the island. The women in the plane are identified as Mrs. John Blair, chairman of the publicity committee of Woman's Suffrage in New York, and Mrs. Richberg Hornsby of Chicago. (AP Photo)
To call attention to the struggle for votes for women, these suffragettes are taking off from Midland Beach, in Staten Island, New York, on December 2, 1916, to distribute literature to the people of the island. The women in the plane are identified as Mrs. John Blair, chairman of the publicity committee of Woman’s Suffrage in New York, and Mrs. Richberg Hornsby of Chicago. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Celebrating ratification of the women's suffrage amendment, Alice Paul, seated second from left, sews the 36th star on a banner, in August of 1920. The banner flew in front of headquarters of the Women's Party in Washington of which Miss Paul was national chairperson. The 36th star represented Tennessee, whose ratification completed the number of states needed to put the amendment in the Constitution. (AP Photo)
Celebrating ratification of the women’s suffrage amendment, Alice Paul, seated second from left, sews the 36th star on a banner, in August of 1920. The banner flew in front of headquarters of the Women’s Party in Washington of which Miss Paul was national chairperson. The 36th star represented Tennessee, whose ratification completed the number of states needed to put the amendment in the Constitution. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
"Three Women in a Bathtub", statue for women's suffrage in capitol crypt below the rotunda. This September 15, 1964 photo shows bust of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony rising from a block of white marble. (AP/Photo)
“Three Women in a Bathtub”, statue for women’s suffrage in capitol crypt below the rotunda. This September 15, 1964 photo shows bust of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony rising from a block of white marble. (AP/Photo)
AP/Photo
Betty Friedan, co-founder of National Organization for Women (NOW), speaks during the Women's Stirke for Eqality event in New York's Central Park on Aug. 26, 1970, the 50th anniversary of woman suffrage. Some 5,000 marchers paraded up Fifth Avenue in the women's march for equality. Friedan, whose manifesto "The Feminine Mystique" became a best seller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006 her birthday. She was 85. (AP Photo)
Betty Friedan, co-founder of National Organization for Women (NOW), speaks during the Women’s Stirke for Eqality event in New York’s Central Park on Aug. 26, 1970, the 50th anniversary of woman suffrage. Some 5,000 marchers paraded up Fifth Avenue in the women’s march for equality. Friedan, whose manifesto “The Feminine Mystique” became a best seller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006 her birthday. She was 85. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Women, who attended the 54th anniversary rally of women’s suffrage in the United States, throw long-stemmed red roses on a statue of 19th century suffragettes inside the Capitol in Washington on August 27, 1973. About 200 persons attended the rally held on the steps of the Capitol. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)
Women, who attended the 54th anniversary rally of women’s suffrage in the United States, throw long-stemmed red roses on a statue of 19th century suffragettes inside the Capitol in Washington on August 27, 1973. About 200 persons attended the rally held on the steps of the Capitol. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)
AP Photo/Charles Gorry
Dr. Anna Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters, lead an estimated 20,000 supporters in a women's suffrage march on New York's Fifth Ave. in 1915 . (AP Photo)
Dr. Anna Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters, lead an estimated 20,000 supporters in a women’s suffrage march on New York’s Fifth Ave. in 1915 . (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Women pickets at White House gate in Washington sometime in 1918. (AP Photo)
Women pickets at White House gate in Washington sometime in 1918. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Margaretta Helm, 6, of Evanston, Illinois, wears a costume, a bit oversize shown in Chicago on August 5, 1948, that she will model in a pageant celebrating the 28th anniversary of women's suffrage. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)
Margaretta Helm, 6, of Evanston, Illinois, wears a costume, a bit oversize shown in Chicago on August 5, 1948, that she will model in a pageant celebrating the 28th anniversary of women’s suffrage. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)
AP Photo/Edward Kitch
Comparing notes in Chicago on Aug. 6, 1948, are Margaretta Helm, six-year-old “suffragette” from Evanston Ill., and Dr. Anna R. Ranes, who was a delegate to the last national American woman’s suffrage meeting. Dr. Ranes is showing the banner she carried at the convention to Margarette who wears the slightly oversized costume in which she will appear in a pageant celebrating the 28th anniversary of women’s suffrage. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)
Comparing notes in Chicago on Aug. 6, 1948, are Margaretta Helm, six-year-old “suffragette” from Evanston Ill., and Dr. Anna R. Ranes, who was a delegate to the last national American woman’s suffrage meeting. Dr. Ranes is showing the banner she carried at the convention to Margarette who wears the slightly oversized costume in which she will appear in a pageant celebrating the 28th anniversary of women’s suffrage. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)
AP Photo/Edward Kitch
Hazel Hunkines Hallinnan, one of the original suffragist, fans herself after marching with supports of the Equal Rights Amendment down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on August 26, 1977. Thousands of women participated in the march which coincided with the 57th anniversary of women’s suffrage. (AP Photo)
Hazel Hunkines Hallinnan, one of the original suffragist, fans herself after marching with supports of the Equal Rights Amendment down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on August 26, 1977. Thousands of women participated in the march which coincided with the 57th anniversary of women’s suffrage. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Mayor Ed Koch of New York City holds a proclamation for "Women's Equality Week," at a City Hall ceremony, Monday, August 28, 1978 in New York, as former congresswoman Bella Abzug, left, suffragist Isola Reid Doric, 86; and Lt. Gov. Mary Anne Krupsak, right, look on. Doric joined the suffrage movement in 1913 and accepted the proclamations celebrating the 58th anniversary of suffrage. (AP Photo/Pickoff)
Mayor Ed Koch of New York City holds a proclamation for “Women’s Equality Week,” at a City Hall ceremony, Monday, August 28, 1978 in New York, as former congresswoman Bella Abzug, left, suffragist Isola Reid Doric, 86; and Lt. Gov. Mary Anne Krupsak, right, look on. Doric joined the suffrage movement in 1913 and accepted the proclamations celebrating the 58th anniversary of suffrage. (AP Photo/Pickoff)
AP Photo/Pickoff
Shown in an undated photo are head and shoulder shots of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Stanton helped organized the world?s first women?s rights convention which met in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. She became first President of National Women?s Suffrage Association and held that office from 1869-1890. (AP Photo)
Shown in an undated photo are head and shoulder shots of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Stanton helped organized the world?s first women?s rights convention which met in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. She became first President of National Women?s Suffrage Association and held that office from 1869-1890. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
A women's suffrage parade is shown here in an undated photo. (AP Photo)
A women’s suffrage parade is shown here in an undated photo. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
A women's suffrage parade is shown here in an undated photo. (AP Photo)
A women’s suffrage parade is shown here in an undated photo. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, a crowd gathers around a Red Cross ambulance during the women's suffrage procession in Washington. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)
In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, a crowd gathers around a Red Cross ambulance during the women’s suffrage procession in Washington. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)
Library of Congress via AP
Alice Paul, Chairman of the Nation Women's Party, takes up needle & thread to put the last stitch in the suffrage banner which now has 36 stars representing the 36 states which ratified the suffrage amendment. circa 1932. (AP Photo)
Alice Paul, Chairman of the Nation Women’s Party, takes up needle & thread to put the last stitch in the suffrage banner which now has 36 stars representing the 36 states which ratified the suffrage amendment. circa 1932. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
A group calling themselves the Goddesses of the Universalist Church from Woodstock, Vt., carry a banner celebrating 75 years of women's suffrage during a parade in Montpelier, Vt., Saturday, August 26, 1995. More than 300 gathered to march and listen to speakers celebrating the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. (AP Photo/Craig Line)
A group calling themselves the Goddesses of the Universalist Church from Woodstock, Vt., carry a banner celebrating 75 years of women’s suffrage during a parade in Montpelier, Vt., Saturday, August 26, 1995. More than 300 gathered to march and listen to speakers celebrating the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. (AP Photo/Craig Line)
AP Photo/Craig Line
A parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage proceeds down Beacon St. enroute from the Statehouse to Faneuil Hall in Boston Friday, August 25, 1995. Leading the parade, from left, are Chanel Lewis of New Orleans, Helen Hannon of Somerville, Mass., Judi Wright of Boston, and Linda McLaughlin of Marblehead, Mass. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie)
A parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of women’s suffrage proceeds down Beacon St. enroute from the Statehouse to Faneuil Hall in Boston Friday, August 25, 1995. Leading the parade, from left, are Chanel Lewis of New Orleans, Helen Hannon of Somerville, Mass., Judi Wright of Boston, and Linda McLaughlin of Marblehead, Mass. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie)
AP Photo/Julia Malakie
National Organization for Women co-founder Betty Friedan, center, participates in the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, Aug. 26, 1970, the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo)
National Organization for Women co-founder Betty Friedan, center, participates in the Women’s Strike for Equality in New York City, Aug. 26, 1970, the 50th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
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A line of women rally for women's suffrage and advertise a free rally discussing women's right to vote in Washington D.C. on Oct. 3, 1915. (AP Photo)
To call attention to the struggle for votes for women, these suffragettes are taking off from Midland Beach, in Staten Island, New York, on December 2, 1916, to distribute literature to the people of the island. The women in the plane are identified as Mrs. John Blair, chairman of the publicity committee of Woman's Suffrage in New York, and Mrs. Richberg Hornsby of Chicago. (AP Photo)
Celebrating ratification of the women's suffrage amendment, Alice Paul, seated second from left, sews the 36th star on a banner, in August of 1920. The banner flew in front of headquarters of the Women's Party in Washington of which Miss Paul was national chairperson. The 36th star represented Tennessee, whose ratification completed the number of states needed to put the amendment in the Constitution. (AP Photo)
"Three Women in a Bathtub", statue for women's suffrage in capitol crypt below the rotunda. This September 15, 1964 photo shows bust of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony rising from a block of white marble. (AP/Photo)
Betty Friedan, co-founder of National Organization for Women (NOW), speaks during the Women's Stirke for Eqality event in New York's Central Park on Aug. 26, 1970, the 50th anniversary of woman suffrage. Some 5,000 marchers paraded up Fifth Avenue in the women's march for equality. Friedan, whose manifesto "The Feminine Mystique" became a best seller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006 her birthday. She was 85. (AP Photo)
Women, who attended the 54th anniversary rally of women’s suffrage in the United States, throw long-stemmed red roses on a statue of 19th century suffragettes inside the Capitol in Washington on August 27, 1973. About 200 persons attended the rally held on the steps of the Capitol. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)
Dr. Anna Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters, lead an estimated 20,000 supporters in a women's suffrage march on New York's Fifth Ave. in 1915 . (AP Photo)
Women pickets at White House gate in Washington sometime in 1918. (AP Photo)
Margaretta Helm, 6, of Evanston, Illinois, wears a costume, a bit oversize shown in Chicago on August 5, 1948, that she will model in a pageant celebrating the 28th anniversary of women's suffrage. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)
Comparing notes in Chicago on Aug. 6, 1948, are Margaretta Helm, six-year-old “suffragette” from Evanston Ill., and Dr. Anna R. Ranes, who was a delegate to the last national American woman’s suffrage meeting. Dr. Ranes is showing the banner she carried at the convention to Margarette who wears the slightly oversized costume in which she will appear in a pageant celebrating the 28th anniversary of women’s suffrage. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)
Hazel Hunkines Hallinnan, one of the original suffragist, fans herself after marching with supports of the Equal Rights Amendment down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on August 26, 1977. Thousands of women participated in the march which coincided with the 57th anniversary of women’s suffrage. (AP Photo)
Mayor Ed Koch of New York City holds a proclamation for "Women's Equality Week," at a City Hall ceremony, Monday, August 28, 1978 in New York, as former congresswoman Bella Abzug, left, suffragist Isola Reid Doric, 86; and Lt. Gov. Mary Anne Krupsak, right, look on. Doric joined the suffrage movement in 1913 and accepted the proclamations celebrating the 58th anniversary of suffrage. (AP Photo/Pickoff)
Shown in an undated photo are head and shoulder shots of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Stanton helped organized the world?s first women?s rights convention which met in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. She became first President of National Women?s Suffrage Association and held that office from 1869-1890. (AP Photo)
A women's suffrage parade is shown here in an undated photo. (AP Photo)
A women's suffrage parade is shown here in an undated photo. (AP Photo)
In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, a crowd gathers around a Red Cross ambulance during the women's suffrage procession in Washington. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)
Alice Paul, Chairman of the Nation Women's Party, takes up needle & thread to put the last stitch in the suffrage banner which now has 36 stars representing the 36 states which ratified the suffrage amendment. circa 1932. (AP Photo)
A group calling themselves the Goddesses of the Universalist Church from Woodstock, Vt., carry a banner celebrating 75 years of women's suffrage during a parade in Montpelier, Vt., Saturday, August 26, 1995. More than 300 gathered to march and listen to speakers celebrating the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. (AP Photo/Craig Line)
A parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage proceeds down Beacon St. enroute from the Statehouse to Faneuil Hall in Boston Friday, August 25, 1995. Leading the parade, from left, are Chanel Lewis of New Orleans, Helen Hannon of Somerville, Mass., Judi Wright of Boston, and Linda McLaughlin of Marblehead, Mass. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie)
National Organization for Women co-founder Betty Friedan, center, participates in the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, Aug. 26, 1970, the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo)

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