Surrounded by mostly women, Governor Edwin P. Morrow of Kentucky signs his state's ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, on January 6, 1920. It was a ...

In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was ratified by Tennessee, giving it the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — In March 1920, West Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment in a historic vote with the rest of the ...

Although the Nineteenth Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920, it reflected a general acceptance of woman suffrage (and temperance support) already present in the ...

The Herald-Leader is celebrating Lexington’s 250th birthday by revisiting key moments in the city’s vibrant history, ...

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, ...

After being introduced to Congress in 1878, the 19th Amendment giving American women the constitutional right to vote was not approved until 1919 and ratified on Aug. 18, 1920. Due to governmental and ...

Voting rights for women, immigrants, Blacks, Native Americans and soldiers went through many changes beginning in the late 1800s, up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Dr. Rachel ...

Miller addressed the Pennsylvania General Assembly on June 24, 1919, when its members voted to ratify the 19th Amendment ... Although it failed to be ratified by 38 states within the 10-year ...

On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law ...

But that may be changing. All the New Waverly native did was get women the right to vote in Texas two years before the 19th Amendment was ratified, was instrumental in blocking an impeached ...

Artus collaborated with a woman artist from each of the 36 states that ratified the 19th Amendment into law to create a 18’ x 26’ flag. Each artist created artwork inspired by the centennial, ...