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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, 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...
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...
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· 10 months agoPresident Donald Trump could temporarily or permanently hand power over to Vice President Mike Pence...
Presidents and the First Amendment: Power, accountability and the rights that keep us free
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen you’re the president of the United States, the First Amendment can have a downside. There you...
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...
Senate GOP passes constitutional amendments on voting that could soon require the public to weigh in
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMADISON – The state Senate approved several voting and elections measures along party lines Tuesday...
