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Congress passed the 19th Amendment, granting the right to vote to women, on this day in history, June 4, 1919 — sending the text of the amendment to the states for ratification. The amendment read, ...

A 1000-square-foot art installation depicting suffragist and civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells will go on display in D.C.'s Union Station on Aug. 24. British artist Helen Marshall created the ...

Women’s Equality Day, August 26th, 2020, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. A major milestone for gender parity was reached on August 18, 1920, when women won a hard-fought battle ...

The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Women’s Suffrage Amendment, prohibited the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to the citizens of our country on the ...