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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...
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...
On This Day, Feb. 3: 15th Amendment ratified
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn 1870 print celebrating the passage of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. On February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
How Tennessee became the pivotal state to ratify women's suffrage | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by...
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...
What Is Women’s Equality Day?
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhat does Women’s Equality Day honor? Women’s Equality Day is celebrated on August 26 and commemorates the 19th amendment granting women the right to...
Vintage photos show what life was like for women 100 years ago
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMary Pickford (front center) and other Warner Brothers' actresses at her tea party in 1928.John...
Why the 18th Amendment on Prohibition was approved and later repealed | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by...
Explaining the amendments to the Louisiana Constitution on the October 14 ballot
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLouisiana's Constitution should have been written in pencil rather than ink. Since it was ratified...