The historical movement that led to voting rights for women in the United States was the Women's Suffrage Movement, which gained traction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Activists like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and later, Alice Paul and Lucy Stone, campaigned tirelessly for women's rights, employing strategies such as protests, petitions, and lobbying. The movement highlighted social inequalities and aimed to secure the legal right to vote. The culmination of these efforts was the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, granting women the right to vote.