WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, gave women in the United States the right to vote. South Carolina’s state legislature had rejected the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just over a century ago, in August of 1920, American women won the constitutional right to vote, thanks to the passing and ratification of the 19th Amendment. What many don’t realize, however, is that ...

The skydivers want to inspire girls and women to "live a bold, brave life." A team of all-female elite skydivers is taking to the skies to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th ...

This weekend's Muncy Historical Society event will begin with the Vintage Gatherers Quilters presenting comforting quilts to ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/vote-not-all-women-gained-right-to-vote-in-1920/ Three African American women at a polling place, one looking at ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States marked the centennial of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote on Wednesday with celebrations of the "historic victory" as well as ...

The Women's Suffrage Museum, set to open in 2028, will dive deeper into the history of women's right to vote with additional ...