Hope for Women

The long hard battle for equality had its first big accomplishment in 1920 when the 19th Amendment was passed. This granted equal voting privileges to both genders. Women voted in their first federal election in 1922. The 19th Amendment gave women hope for future rights and gave them the courage to begin engaging in “male activities” in public. This era occurred during the Prohibition, a time where drinking alcohol was made illegal. Yet men still found a way to drink and women began to join in.