Native American women could not vote until 1948. As with Black women in the American South, laws like literacy tests and poll ...
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 ...
Buffett’s own story is a microcosm of the explosion of America’s wealth. The cloud of the Great Depression loomed over ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This year marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment — the key legislation that largely cleared the path for white women voters in the United States. The crusade for women’s voting ...
Miller addressed the Pennsylvania General Assembly on June 24, 1919, when its members voted to ratify the 19th Amendment, just 20 days after Congress passed it. “You have done today the biggest ...
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 ...
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, ...