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

[Coyotl]

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

[BlueJazz]

1. Hard to imagine a time when Women were thought of as not being able to have the ..

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..intelligence and focus to pick their own leaders. Rather disgusting.

[Coyotl]

2. Plenty of places still await women's sufferage, not to mention liberation.

[BlueJazz]

3. True. Seems like the quest for equal rights always has it's combatants.

..fixed the were.

[bigtree]

4. kick!

thanks for posting