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On This Day, Aug. 18: 19th Amendment ratified giving women the vote
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA member of the League of Women Voters participates in a demonstration to protest the lack of voting...
On This Day, Aug. 26: 19th Amendment goes into effect
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMore than 25,000 women take to New York City's Fifth Avenue on October 23, 1915, advocating for...
On This Day, Jan. 16: 18th Amendment -- prohibition of alcohol -- ratified
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNew York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach (R) watches agents pour liquor into sewer...
Wisconsin ratified federal Equal Rights Amendment 50 years ago yet still struggles to pass a state...
The Post-Crescent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAPPLETON — Women’s rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers gathered in Appleton earlier this month...
'Why can't Mother vote?' Two Tennesseans vital to passage of 19th Amendment | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Aug. 18, 1920, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to ratify the 19th Amendment. Since...
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Here's when it was ratified.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen are more likely to vote than men, according to data from the Center for American Women and...
6 times US presidents were temporarily removed from office with the 25th Amendment
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPresident Donald Trump could temporarily or permanently hand power over to Vice President Mike Pence...
Today in History: August 18, 19th Amendment is ratified, guaranteeing women right to vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoToday in History Today is Friday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2023. There are 135 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of ...
Trump disses 14th Amendment talk as 'another trick' but efforts to disqualify him continue
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFormer President Donald Trump this week derided talk of invoking the U.S. Constitution's 14th...
Letter to the editor: Parvin has set a great example
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified and gave women the right to vote. The Board of Supervisors recently presented a proclamation declaring...