This week marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. It took …
100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment
On the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we take a look at how opposition to granting women the right to vote was rooted in falsehoods. Throughout the past century up to today, voter suppression tactics have also relied on misinformation. This storyboard also includes other stories about the anniversary.
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In August 1920, the Tennessee Legislature ratified the 19th Amendment, adding women’s right to vote to the U.S. Constitution. A century later, three …
A hundred years after the 19th Amendment was ratified, about half of Americans say granting women the right to vote has been the most important …
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
An activist, a teacher, a poet — Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an extraordinary figure in American history. She was born free in the city of …
Her image is arresting. Hundreds of people walking through Washington’s Union Station this week paused to look at the huge photo mosaic of anti-lynching crusader and suffragist Ida B. Wells-Barnett on...