Author: April Young Bennett
Better late than never! South Carolina ratified the 19th Amendment on July 1, 1969.
The Nineteenth Amendment had become law in 1920.
Illinois became the first state east of the Mississippi where women could vote for president on June 26, 1913.
Illinois became the first state east of the Mississippi where women could vote for president on June 26, 1913 (but women still didn’t have equal voting rights with men).
Better late than never! Louisiana ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on June 11, 1970.
The Nineteenth Amendment had become law in 1920.
The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification on June 4, 1919.
The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification on this day in 1919.
The Indian Citizenship Act passed on June 2, 1924.
The Indian Citizenship Act passed on June 2, 1924. Native American suffragists such as Zitkala-Sa (pictured) fought for its passage. which resulted in voting rights to many Native American women and men, but many...
