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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...
'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· 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...
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...
20 vintage photos of suffragettes that will make you want to get out and vote
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSuffragettes parade through New York City.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images The 19th Amendment...
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...
Metro Charter amendments: These are the biggest changes proposed on the Aug. 4 ballot
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDavidson County's Aug. 4 general election ballot is the longest in the county's history, in part...
Why the 18th Amendment on Prohibition was approved and later repealed | Opinion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...
The Forgotten History of the Child Labor Amendment
Time via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA young girl tends the spinning machine at a cotton mill in North Carolina. Children worked adult hours for pennies in mills and factories all over the...
Florida lawyer files legal challenge to disqualify Trump from 2024 presidential race
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA lawyer from Palm Beach County has filed one of the first legal challenges to disqualify Donald...