Colorado advanced well beyond the rest of the nation in 1893, when it amended its constitution to allow women to vote in state elections. The rest of the nation caught up to Colorado 100 years ago ...

Congress passed the 19th Amendment, granting the right to vote to women, on this day in history, June 4, 1919 — sending the text of the amendment to the states for ratification. The amendment read, ...

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 ...

The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920. But the fight for women's suffrage started decades earlier. Dr. Martha Jones: "Many of the early womens' rights advocates in the United States ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Misty Heggeness highlighted the significance of Harry Burn as it relates to the 19th Amendment. Author Misty Heggeness highlighted the ...

It was ratified by the states on August 18, 1920. Our Constitution was ratified in 1789. Women had no federal constitutional right to vote. A few states periodically gave women states’ voting rights, ...

In a Winona, Mississippi jail cell in the 1960s, a young Black woman sat for three days after an unsuccessful attempt at voter registration. Her name was Fannie Lou Hamer, and the 19th Amendment ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. These special guests represented all 36 states that ratified the 19th Amendment.

A generation of pioneers are being recognized as 100 years ago the 19th Amendment cleared its final hurdle and became the law of the land, granting women the right to vote. Norah O'Donnell shares ...