Meet the Americans who first advocated for women’s right to vote | The Fight

Aug. 18 is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave voting rights to some American women. But the beginning of the American suffrage movement started decades before — historians often point to 1848. Host Hannah Jewell explains the origins of the struggle in the first episode of ”The Fight“ from The Lily and The Washington Post. Read more: Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: Follow us: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: