93 Years Ago Today, The 19th Amendment Gave Women The Right To Vote

93 Years Ago Today, The 19th Amendment Gave Women The Right To Vote
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/18/19th-amendment_n_3776720.html

On this day in 1920, Congress made history when it ratified the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing all American women the right to vote.

The National Constitution Center explains how the deciding vote came 93 years ago from Tennessee assembly member Harry Burn, whose mother prodded him to "be a good boy" and make the vote.

Below, the official document, via The National Archives:

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http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/doc-content/images/19th-amendment.pdf

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93 Years Ago Today, The 19th Amendment Gave Women The Right To Vote (Original post)	Coyotl	Aug 2013	OP
Hard to imagine a time when Women were thought of as not being able to have the ..	BlueJazz	Aug 2013	#1
Plenty of places still await women's sufferage, not to mention liberation.	Coyotl	Aug 2013	#2
True. Seems like the quest for equal rights always has it's combatants.	BlueJazz	Aug 2013	#3
kick!	bigtree	Aug 2013	#4