The Women Fight Outside the Press

Streitmatter mostly mentions the women's rights activists as fighting for their cause through the press, but there are other actions that were taken...

New York Times - Women's Suffrage

Women were treated as the lowest of the low for a while.  The recently freed male slaves were granted the right to vote before the women; people who used to not count as even a full vote (3/5ths Compromise). The 19th amendment was finally passed on August 26, 1920.

The 19th Amendment