California Women's Suffrage

The Women's Suffrage movement in California was a significant and hard-fought campaign that ultimately led to women gaining the right to vote in the state on October 10, 1911. This victory made California the sixth state in the United States to grant women equal suffrage, a full nine years before the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended this right nationwide in 1920. ** Please note that historical materials may include viewpoints and values that are not consistent with the values of the California State Library or the State of California and may be considered offensive. Materials must be viewed in the context of the relevant time period, but views are in no way endorsed by the State Library. The California State Library’s mission is to provide credible information services to all Californians and, as such, the content of historical materials should be transcribed as it appears in the original document.