Today, all American citizens are eligible to vote irrespective of race and gender, but that hasn’t always been the case.
Opposition to women having the right to vote was mostly based on tradition and emotion and had nothing to do with reason.
Tuesday marks a full century since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which says that the right to vote “should not be denied or abridged” on the basis of sex. We look back to the path to ...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment in the United States, which guaranteed American women the right to vote. Although the amendment was ratified on 18 August 1920 ...
Constitutional rights litigator and election law scholar Yael Bromberg said the future implications of the amendment that ...
On this day in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. The 19th Amendment prohibits the United States and its ...
If you are finding it hard to keep track of all the U.S. holidays inundating your calendars or timelines, you are not alone.
Aug. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1920, eight days after it was ratified, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect -- giving women the right to vote. Advertisement In ...
Gloria Kenyon August 18, 2020 marked the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women in the United States the right to vote. With the passage of this legislation, many women ...
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Hastings and Republican challenger Samantha Gasca say voters want lower property taxes ...
One hundred thirty-one years later, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment. Women now had the constitutional right to vote in all elections. Amendment XIX: “The right of ...