3.6K views · 16 reactions | Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was 16 when she marched for women’s right to vote. Lee fought for women’s suffrage, even though after the 19th Amendment was ratified, she would still be barred from voting by laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act. Learn more at: s.si.edu/youth-democracy | National Museum of American History | Facebook

61K views · 1.9K reactions | On #ThisDayInHistory in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granting many American women the right to vote. The Amendment was the result of nearly a century’s work by both Black and White suffrage advocates, but despite the Amendment’s aims, it would take more than 40 years for many women of color to achieve voting equality. To learn more about the 19th Amendment, visit https://bit.ly/3heZivq | HISTORY | Facebook