After a year's delay, congressmen, mainly Republican, worked quickly to pass the woman suffrage amendment hoping it would be ratified in time for new voters to show their gratitude in the 1920 ...

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 ...

When I was taught the U.S. Constitution in elementary school, the Bill of Rights and the 19th Amendment were always highlighted and printed on the neat little test booklet I took my exams on. The ...

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

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A phrase that is so firmly lodged in the electoral firmament, it almost feels intrinsic to the democratic process, as much a ...

The roll call was one of the events in a series of celebrations in honor of the 104th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment. The celebrations at Suffs will continue through August 26 ...

Passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933 reversed the ban on alcohol, and Tennessee became the 19th state to ratify it. Four ...

To this end, they increasingly argue that 19th-century America’s extraordinary ... revenue source until the ratification of the 16th Amendment—which authorized income taxes—in 1913.

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 ...