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This picture was taken in 1971 in front of the White House. Women are picketing for their rights to vote. Women finally started to have a movement for their rights to vote. It eventually led to the Nineteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution which prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen’s sex.

This event is very important because it let women vote. If this had not happened, women wouldn’t be able to vote even in now days. Also it happened not only in the United States but also in other parts of the world. It shows how women were treated unfairly and now that from these movements, they are slowly getting back their rights as a human being. Women are finally taking actions!!

This image is from : http://americancivilwar.com/women/Womens_Suffrage/picket_white_house.jpg