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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...
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...
'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...
Why 14th Amendment bars Trump from office: A constitutional law scholar explains principle behind...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump exhorted followers to object to the results of the 2020...
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...
Why the 18th Amendment on Prohibition was approved and later repealed | Opinion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...
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...
What do you really know about the Second Amendment? Here's what it does and why it exists
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education...
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...