by Michele Genthon | Aug 18, 2020 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Celebrate!!! This is the centennial of Women’s Independence Day in the United States. This is the 100-year anniversary of the recognition that women have the right to vote. This is the day the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. There were women who had the right...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 28, 2020 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
An important event is on the horizon. Yes, we are becoming fully engaged in this voting season, but we also look forward to the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920. Understanding why it took 144 years to get to this point is difficult...
by Michele Genthon | Aug 19, 2013 | FIRST WOMEN, General
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. [19th Amendment, U.S. Constitution] The nineteenth...
