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 ...

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 ...

But if all else fails, maybe Trent Lott could push through a quick repeal of the Nineteenth Amendment.

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 ...

The In Her Own Right collection reflects women’s struggles for justice leading to the passage of the 19th Amendment. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Area Consortium for Special Collections Libraries ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...