The lesbian suffragists who fought for women’s right to vote.

circa 1895: American social reformers Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906) (left), and Anna Howard Shaw (1847 - 1919).Hulton (Photo: Archive/Getty Images)

One hundred years ago, on August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment constitutionally secured the right to vote for women — or, at least, some women.

Jim Crow laws prevented African Americans from voting in the South until 1968, and first-generation Asian immigrants were barred