After the Civil War, African American Women fought for voting rights because their voices were traditionally left out of political and social conversations. The success of this movement led to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, which started America on its path towards gender and racial equality. 

Anny Canahui and Mariana Maturi

Junior Division

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