"August 26, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of women in the United States winning the right to vote.  This courageous, 72-yearlong political movement was carried out by tens of thousands of women and men working to form a more perfect union. Yet the significance of the woman suffrage campaign – and its enormous political and social impact – have been largely ignored in the telling of American history. It is a story that needs to be told.  It is the story of women creating one of the most innovative and successful nonviolent civil rights efforts the world has ever seen.  It is all the more remarkable when one considers the barriers suffragists had to overcome. With little financial, legal or political power of their own, and facing a well-financed and entrenched opposition, women fought state by state for their rights as citizens. To win the right to vote, women circulated…