After a year's delay, congressmen, mainly Republican, worked quickly to pass the woman suffrage amendment hoping it would be ratified in time for new voters to show their gratitude in the 1920 ...

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, has made history as the first woman and the first Black ...

it was preceded by decades of organising and protests - spearheaded by leading figures of US women's suffrage like Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The 19th amendment is considered to ...

Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association organized statewide “Votes for Women” campaigns. They used buttons, signs, and gimmicks like the ring parade spinner to promote their cause ...

The 19th Amendment is often referred to as the “Women’s Suffrage Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on August 18, 1920. Our Constitution was ratified in 1789. Women had no federal ...

The American women's struggle for the right to vote was a long and arduous one spanning several decades before the 19th ...

After the United States entered the war, American suffragists strongly felt that if America could defend democracy abroad, they deserved it at home, in the form of votes for women. Beginning in ...

Elsa Ueland — daughter of Minnesota Women Suffrage head Clara Ueland — led some of the ... 19th Women’s empowerment efforts around campus did not die out after the 19th Amendment was ratified. In 1928 ...

Catt served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and played a pivotal role in securing the passage of the 19th Amendment. Catt was known for her strategic ...

2020 8:03 a.m. Tennessee tipped the scales to codify women’s suffrage in the U.S. Constitution 100 years ago Tuesday, becoming the 26th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920.

In high school, I had reading phases spanning myriad genres, ranging from an intense interest in wild fantasy sagas to a soft spot for memoirs and especially a strange fixation for historical fiction ...

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, ...