Rebecca Latimer Felton, a “grand old woman from Georgia,” was 87 years old when she took the oath of office on November 21, ...
Evelyn Gandy was the first woman elected to a statewide office in Mississippi. Now she will be honored for her pioneering ...
On August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment was adopted into the U.S. Constitution, opening the doors of opportunity to women across the country. If I wasn’t reminded of this anniversary while ...
In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was ratified by Tennessee, giving it the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it ...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment in the United States, which guaranteed American women the right to vote. Although the amendment was ratified on 18 August 1920 ...
While she was elated New York’s Proposition 1 passed -- which will enshrine abortion rights and equality for all people in ...
But if all else fails, maybe Trent Lott could push through a quick repeal of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Gloria Kenyon August 18, 2020 marked the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women in the United States the right to vote. With the passage of this legislation, many women ...
The 19th might have to go," he added in the video's caption, referring to the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. McEntee's video has since gone viral, amassing more than 4 million ...
The roll call was one of the events in a series of celebrations in honor of the 104th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment. The celebrations at Suffs will continue through August 26 ...
After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...
Tuesday marks a full century since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which says that the right to vote “should not be denied or abridged” on the basis of sex. We look back to the path to ...