The 19th Amendment was the largest single articulation of voting rights in American history. The 11th Archivist of the United ...

[1] For a chronological guide, see Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States. The New Jersey constitution of 1776 enfranchised all adult inhabitants who owned a specified amount of property.

Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers writes this regular column on the history of the U.S. Constitution.

Today, all American citizens are eligible to vote irrespective of race and gender, but that hasn’t always been the case.

Join our kaimahi for a special lunchtime tour and kōrero, highlighting the 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition | Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine, which paved the way for women’s suffrage in Aotearoa.

Robert Salisbury entitled “Natural Rights” Versus “Home and Hearth”: The 1886-1887 Senate Debate and Vote on the Federal Women’s Suffrage Amendment. Many are aware of the beginnings of the struggle ...

The quest for a Women’s Suffrage Monument has been one of those emerging efforts. “People need to see this,” said Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican. “They need to know American ...

This year marks 104 years of women's suffrage. It was in 1920 that women ... “If we don't educate people and get them out to vote, that ties into us perhaps losing our democracy." ...

“As they saw a need during their time for us to have availability and access to things that they didn’t have, I think most of the women — especially the women of the commission — we see a ...

The 20th Amendment to the Constitution is often called the “Lame Duck Amendment.” It shortened the time between the November election and when Congress and the Executive Branch officials assumed ...