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The 19th Amendment, which established American women's right to vote, was ratified 100 years ago today.

But its promise was incomplete. Many, including some who had fought fiercely for suffrage, were excluded from voting in the years that followed. nyti.ms/323LtJE

The suffrage movement often reflected the racism, nativism and other prejudices that pervaded the U.S.

See how the largest enfranchisement in American history came to pass, and the generations of women who made it happen. nyti.ms/323LtJE

The suffrage movement was no exception to racial segregation in the U.S. Many white groups, particularly in the South, refused to accept Black members, and leaders of national organizations kowtowed to racist demands to exclude women of color.

Black women formed their own groups to fight not only for the right to vote, but also for greater equality and justice on issues such as health care, child care and education

Many tools of protest that activists use today were honed by the suffragists. They were skilled organizers who found innovative ways to sway people to their cause: from umbrellas, cookbooks and pins to marches, protests and public speaking.

The fight for the right to vote was the fight for democracy. Read more about the history of American women’s suffrage here: nyti.ms/323LtJE

Join us tonight at 7 p.m. ET for “Finish the Fight,” an online theater performance that will bring to life the biographies of lesser-known activists who helped women win the vote nyti.ms/312QIds

When the story of women’s enfranchisement has been told popularly, “it has too often been presented as flat celebration,” writes @rtraister.

These new children’s books published to mark the 19th Amendment’s 100th anniversary dig deeper than “Girls Rule!” nyti.ms/2E8Ftar

Here’s what Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain and other famous American writers had to say about women’s suffrage in our pages nyti.ms/2Yaez9i