A large, dramatic headline was sprawled across the front page of the Aug. 18, 1920, edition of the Evening Gazette of Cedar Rapids. 'TENNESSEE RATIFIES SUFFRAGE,” the historic headline shouted.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Step inside a living tribute to the women who fought for our right to vote: the 1920 Merch Co., now open in Union Station this August. This groundbreaking ...

"From the earliest history of our country, woman has shown equal devotion with man to the cause of freedom and has stood firmly by his side in its defense," Anthony wrote in her Declaration of Rights ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — This week marked 101 years after Tennessee granted women’s suffrage. According to historians with the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), Nashville was an epicenter ...

As the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the United States, Perry County women are reflecting on what that means to them and what suffrage means going ...

One of the Syracuse’s most prominent figures in the struggle for women’s suffrage was Harriet May Mills. Born in 1857, Mills was a gifted speaker and organizer and a tireless worker for the cause. In ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — It was a hundred years ago this week when American women finally won the right to vote. The suffragettes had marched and rallied for their cause. And on Aug. 28, 1920, the 19th ...

In 1920, the United States saw the passage of the 19 th Amendment, which ruled that women had the right to vote. One hundred years later, PBS and WGBH are celebrating that landmark amendment, and the ...

In the 1920s, some women's lives changed radically due to the introduction of new rights and jobs. The 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920, and some women voted in the November 1920 election.

Women seeking the vote had already become comic fodder by the time Variety began publishing in 1905. But gags about suffrage gave way to showbiz support as the women’s vote crept closer to reality.