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On This Day, Aug. 18: 19th Amendment ratified giving women the vote
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA member of the League of Women Voters participates in a demonstration to protest the lack of voting...
On This Day, Feb. 3: 15th Amendment ratified
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 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...
On This Day, Jan. 16: 18th Amendment -- prohibition of alcohol -- ratified
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNew York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach (R) watches agents pour liquor into sewer...
On This Day, Aug. 26: 19th Amendment goes into effect
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMore than 25,000 women take to New York City's Fifth Avenue on October 23, 1915, advocating for...
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...
6 times US presidents were temporarily removed from office with the 25th Amendment
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPresident Donald Trump could temporarily or permanently hand power over to Vice President Mike Pence...
Remind me why the Biden administration is in court fighting publication of the ERA?
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Biden administration is in court opposing the Equal Rights Amendment's publication by the...
Trump disses 14th Amendment talk as 'another trick' but efforts to disqualify him continue
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFormer President Donald Trump this week derided talk of invoking the U.S. Constitution's 14th...
Kentucky's forgotten date of freedom came after Texas' Juneteenth, here's why
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDuring one of my frequent walks in the Highlands, I passed a large banner that proclaimed,...
Western suffragettes: How Colorado, Wyoming women won voting rights decades ahead of nation
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI can’t remember where I first heard it, but for years I believed a fairytale. You see, Women in the...
