The Voting Rights Act became law on August 6, 1965.
On August 6th, 1965, the promise of the Nineteenth Amendment finally became a reality for women of color who had been disfranchised by discriminatory voting laws.
Category: History (and Her Story)
Why is it “Ask a Suffragist,” not “Ask a Suffragette?
In this video clip, April Young Bennett, author of Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists, explains why the book title uses the term “suffragist” instead of the word, “suffragette” to...
Wyoming gained statehood, becoming the first state with equal voting rights for women, on July 10, 1890.
Wyoming gained statehood, becoming the first state with equal voting rights for women, on July 10, 1890. Women in Wyoming Territory had already had voting rights since 1869.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848
In the Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton expanded the vision of the founding fathers, declaring that all men and...
Better late than never! South Carolina ratified the 19th Amendment on July 1, 1969.
The Nineteenth Amendment had become law in 1920.
April Young Bennett is interviewed by Destination Unlimited with Victor Fuhrman
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment on June 4th, Ask a Suffragist author April Young Bennett had an in-depth interview with Victor Fuhrman on the radio show...
