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 ...

With the centennial anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment approaching, a look back at the surprising history of giving women the vote Liza Mundy The humor magazine Puck—a pre-TV ...

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 ...

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 ...

The bills move enforcement of the Tennessee Human Rights Act to the Attorney General’s Office to better serve citizens experiencing discrimination.

Beardsley Ave. This month’s book is “Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment” by Eleanor Clift. Books are selected annually, consisting of both fiction and non-fiction, and focus on ...

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, ...

Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect on January 17. The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was ratified on August 18. On November 2, KDKA in ...

On April 14, 1910, U.S. President William Howard Taft received a contentious reception when he told the audience at the 42nd ...

University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Nov., 1921), pp. 30-35 (6 pages) ...

Her relentless campaigning won Woodrow Wilson's respect and support, and ultimately led to passage of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. Born in Wisconsin in 1859 ...