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by April Young Bennett · October 3, 2018

April Young Bennett

April Young Bennett is the author of the Ask a Suffragist book series, host of the Religious Feminism Podcast and a writer for the Exponent II. For more information about April, see aprilyoungb.com

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May 20, 2022

Antoinette Brown Blackwell was born on this day in 1825.

May 27, 2022

Julia Ward Howe was born on this day in 1819.

June 2, 2022

The Indian Citizenship Act extended voting rights to Native American women and men on this day in 1924.

June 4, 2022

The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification on this day in 1919.

June 6, 2022

Sarah Parker Remond was born on this day in 1815.

June 10, 2022

Illinois, Michigan & Wisconsin were the first states to ratify the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

June 11, 2022

Better late than never! Louisiana ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1970. The 19th had become law in 1920.

June 16, 2022

Kansas, New York & Ohio ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.

June 24, 2022

Pennsylvania ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, on this day in 1919.

June 25, 2022

Massachusetts ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, on this day in 1919.

June 26, 2022

Illinois became the first state east of the Mississippi where women could vote for president on this day in 1913. (But Illinois women still didn't have equal voting rights with men.)

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