19th Amendment 100th Anniversary!

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June 4 1919: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification. Photo: Annie Kenney...
19th Amendment ratified thanks to one vote | August 18, 1920 | HISTORY
19th Amendment ratified thanks to one vote - HISTORY
Suffragette Gift 19th Amendment Votes for Women Feminist Sticker
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19th Amendment ratified thanks to one vote | August 18, 1920 | HISTORY
19th Amendment ratified thanks to one vote - HISTORY
Meet the Woman who changed the world with the 19th Amendment
This August marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to our constitution, when women were given the right to vote! So with every Weekly Woman this month we’re also going to call attention to amazing women in history who were kicking butts and giving all of us civil liberties. To start things off let’s hear about a rather unknown suffragette, Inez Milholland born August 6th, 1866, so it’s fitting we’re talking about her on the anniversary of her birth!
Elizabeth Blackwell, the first American Female Doctor
Today we’re looking back at the life of the first woman to gain a medical degree in the US with our women’s history throwback. This August marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and so we’re throwing it way back this month and talking about Historical women who were kicking butts and giving us our freedoms as women. This week we’re looking at Elizabeth Blackwell, born in England, but the first woman to become a doctor in America.
8 classic feminist films to help celebrate the 19th amendment
It’s time to celebrate the achievements of women, watching these movies is a fun way to recognize female empowerment in the month the suffragettes got us the right to vote!
Ruth Bader Gazpacho, the best soup that this Justice would love from our Feminist Cookbook
This cool soup is just as cool as our Supreme Court Justice, and takes just 15 minutes to make! Ruth Bader Ginsburg is as iconic as her collared outfits. This lawyer turned Justice has been dubbed the Notorious RBG and as an advocate for the advancement of gender equality and women’s rights, we found that we just had to talk about her a little bit this month with the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.
The 19th Amendment Facts you need to know! It's the 100th Anniversary!
Cheers to 100 more years of Suffrage! There were some state holdouts until WAYYY later for the 19th amendment. Mississippi didn’t ratify the 19th amendment until March 22, 1984! Come on Mississippi! But never late than never.
The Women's Right to Vote with the 19th Amendment, Facts you need to know!
Wyoming is now called “The Equality State” and in 1869 the territory at the time led the charge for suffrage. The state sponsored a bill that every woman would be able to vote, but when Wyoming applied for statehood, Congress threatened to deny it unless the suffrage bill was revoke. But Wyoming told Congress to suck it and said “We will remain out of the union [for] 100 years rather than come in without the women.”
The History of the 19th Amendment on it's 100th Anniversary giving women the right to vote
President Woodrow Wilson tried to pass National Suffrage in 1918 with World War One still raging. The House actually passed the bill, and then Wilson addressed the Senate stating, “We have made partners of women in this war. Shall we admit them only to a partnership of suffering and sacrifice and toil and not to a partnership of privilege and right?” But unfortunately, the amendment didn’t pass in the Senate.
The 5 Facts you didn't know about the 19th Amendment because it's the 100th Anniversary!
Did you know that in 1797 single women were temporarily granted the right to vote in New Jersey? The state’s original constitution, adopted in 1776 declared that all inhabitants worth 50 pounds would be able to vote. Since this was so vague, new wording was adopted in 1797 when the State Assembly granted the women suffrage. For 10 years, single women were allowed to vote, married women on the other hand were not permitted because their husbands controlled all of their property.