To commemorate the upcoming hundredth anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, Independent Women’s Forum will profile a leader of the fight for women’s suffrage each month.

America’s suffrage leaders were women who recognized that the right to vote is essential to any meaningful form of citizenship. The 19^th Amendment was ratified August 18, 1920.

Since the 19^th Amendment was dubbed the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, we begin the series with Anthony, who died in 1906. Her more than five decades of organizing, speaking out publicly, being shouted down, and sometimes disagreeing with fellow suffragists over strategy helped make the 19^th Amendment possible.

We hope you will enjoy our profiles as we prepare to celebrate the first hundred years of women voting.