Eighty-eight years ago today, Congress ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote.

The women’s suffrage movement did not arise as a major issue in the U.S. until the 1830s and 1840s. Women’s rights leaders, such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, first came together at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The convention challenged the nation to a major social revolution in all aspects — socially, legally and culturally. With about 300 men and women attendees, the convention became the launching point for women’s suffrage.

Statement of Page Gardner, President, Women’s Voices. Women Vote

For the first time in history, a majority of adult women in this country are unmarried, and almost a fifth of these women are single moms, with children living at home. In many ways, they are 'women on their own,' supporting themselves and often their children on earnings that are only 56 percent of what married men make.

The proverbial question for men has long been, "What do women want?" Well, I'm here to reveal the carefully guarded secret - at least to two men, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain. The rest of you fellas will have to keep guessing. (OK, I'll throw a bone here: Recognize in women the things they value in themselves.) Back to more substantial matters for our presidential hopefuls: Women voters, especially the unmarried ones, are the demographic key to this year's election. If you want their votes, you will have to approach them with respect and insight. Drop the reductive labels that diminish women into voting blocs - recall "soccer moms"? Few women can be packaged so neatly.

"Women's Voices. Women Vote." hopes to register close to 1 million unmarried women nationwide and at least 23,788 in Florida prior to the November general election, according to a press release.

If you are an unmarried women in Washington state and you're not registered to vote, there's a campaign to find you and fix that (the unregistered part).

The nationwide "You Count. Be Counted!" drive is being run by a national organization called Women expect to register close to 1 million women nationwide between now and election day. They say they think they can get at least 4,000 in Nevada.

At the time, the group was targeting 228,000 unmarried women in Virginia. According to a news release issued by Women’s Voices, Women Vote, the organization has generated more than 20,000 registration applications.

On the vote by the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of the Paycheck Fairness Act

“This vote is a victory for the nation’s women, especially those who are single, separated, widowed or divorced. For the first time in history, a majority of adult women in this country are unmarried, and almost a fifth of these women are single moms, with children living at home. In many ways, they are ‘women on their own,’ supporting themselves and often their children on earnings that are only 56 percent of what married men make.

A national group called Women's Voices Women Vote is targeting 9,324 unmarried women in Maine as part of a nationwide voter registration drive.

You Count. Be Counted! a nationwide voter registration drive will begin today, targeting 65,483 unmarried women in Iowa. The drive is being run by the national organization Women’s Voices Women Vote, which expects to register close to 1 million women nationwide between now and election day.

The voter registration drive, “You Count. Be Counted!,” will begin next week, targeting over approximately 7 million unmarried women in 24 states. The drive is being run by the national organization Women’s Voices Women Vote, which expects to register close to 1 million women nationwide between now and Election Day.

Meanwhile, the nonpartisan group Women's Voices is targeting 9,324 unmarried women in Maine in its voter registration push. The group says more than 370,000 single Maine women are unregistered.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A national group is targeting single women in Missouri as part of a voter registration drive.

Women’s Voices Women Vote hopes to register close to one million women voters before Election Day.

"You Count. Be Counted!" a nationwide voter registration drive will begin today, targeting 108,946 unmarried women in Arkansas.

The drive is being run by the national organization Women’s Voices Women Vote , which expects to register close to 1 million women nationwide between now and election day, including 3,268 in Arkansas.

The national group Women's Voices Women Vote is launching a national voter registration drive to convince up 1 million single women to vote come November.