WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, gave women in the United States the right to vote. South Carolina’s state legislature had rejected the ...

In 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and was the final state needed to achieve a two-thirds majority for passage.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 25,000 women take to New York City's Fifth Avenue on October 23, 1915, advocating for women’s voting rights. On August ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, American citizens can vote regardless of race or gender, but that hasn’t always been the case. When the U.S. was founded ...

Aug. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1227, Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China west to the Aral Sea, died in camp during a campaign ...

On June 10, 1919, Wisconsin became the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment. In Oshkosh, much of that push can be traced ...

Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment when Harry Burn, a 24-year-old Tennessee legislator, switched his vote at the urging of his mother, according to the National Constitution ...

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In support of the club’s commitment to women’s empowerment, the Orioles today announced plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which prohibited the federal ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1920, eight days after it was ratified, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect -- giving women the right to vote. In 1964, Democrats ...