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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1920, eight days after it was ratified, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect -- giving women the right to vote. In 1964, Democrats ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – In March 1920, West Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment in a historic vote with the rest of the ...

FILE - Alice Paul, background holding rolled-up banner, takes part with suffragettes marching from the Women's Party Headquarters to the White House in the spring of 1917, to further their cause for ...

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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 ...