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It’s Utah’s “Rad-ification” celebration!
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Commemorative Calendar
- May 20, 2022
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Antoinette Brown Blackwell was born on this day in 1825.
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- May 27, 2022
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Julia Ward Howe was born on this day in 1819.
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- June 2, 2022
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The Indian Citizenship Act extended voting rights to Native American women and men on this day in 1924.
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- June 4, 2022
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The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification on this day in 1919.
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- June 6, 2022
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Sarah Parker Remond was born on this day in 1815.
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- June 10, 2022
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Illinois, Michigan & Wisconsin were the first states to ratify the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.
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- June 11, 2022
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Better late than never! Louisiana ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1970. The 19th had become law in 1920.
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- June 16, 2022
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Kansas, New York & Ohio ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1919.
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- June 24, 2022
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Pennsylvania ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, on this day in 1919.
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- June 25, 2022
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Massachusetts ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, on this day in 1919.
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- June 26, 2022
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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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