In the years prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment,

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Before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, several states had already begun to grant women voting rights to varying degrees. Illinois indeed was the first state east of the Mississippi to grant women the right to vote. A large majority of states provided some form of voting rights to women, and states like New York, Michigan, Illinois, and California had granted women the right to vote. While not all states gave full voting rights, many did offer partial rights, leading to a significant movement towards women's suffrage across the country.

In the Years Prior to the Passage of the Nineteenth