After an investigation into California’s legal protection of biological males who identify as female competing in the same ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...

The United States’ founders firmly rejected King George III and the entire idea of monarchy 249 years ago, on July 4, 1776.

The emphasis on the 19th Amendment becomes oversimplified praise when further context surrounding the amendment is left out. Events of the past are often taught to elementary-aged students with an air ...

The bulletin moved just after 1 p.m. on Aug. 18, 1920, conveying the breaking news that the 19th Amendment had been ratified giving women the constitutional right to vote. The AP had been covering ...

On August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment was adopted into the U.S. Constitution, opening the doors of opportunity to women across the country. If I wasn’t reminded of this anniversary while ...

Here are 10 women who have made significant political contributions in the 100 years since women won the right to vote with the 19th Amendment.

This month, the nation commemorates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which extended women the right to vote in August 1920. We checked in with ...

August 26 marks the historic 100th anniversary when the 19th Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution and America finally recognized women’s right to vote. Yet today, some women are still ...

The 19th amendment secured all women the right to vote, but in practice many women of color were excluded. This continues to resonate today with voter suppression among marginalized communities.

One hundred years ago this month, suffragists celebrated the amendment’s adoption. For Black women, it wasn’t a culminating moment, but the start of a new fight to secure voting rights for all ...