The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which secured for women the right to vote, was ratified on this day in history, August 18, 1920. It is considered one of the great landmarks in the fight ...

Charleston, W.Va. – On March 10, 1920, the West Virginia legislature ratified the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to guarantee women the right to vote. West Virginia was the 34th ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, gave women in the United States the right to vote. South Carolina’s state legislature had rejected the ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On March 10, 1920, the West Virginia Legislature ratified the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. West Virginia was the 34th of the 36 ...

The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was ratified a century ago last month. However, before 1920, women had already won the right to vote in 15 states, including Idaho, Washington ...

Aug. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1227, Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China west to the Aral Sea, died in camp during a campaign ...

The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, granting women the right to vote. First introduced in Congress in 1878, the 19th Amendment was not easily ...

The Marietta College Co-Ed Suffrage Club of 1915 had slogans such as ‘Give us the ballot or sew on your own buttons.’ (Photo Provided) The 19th amendment was ratified 100 years ago this year and while ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1920, eight days after it was ratified, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect -- giving women the right to vote. In 1964, Democrats ...

Women have officially been able to vote for more than a century, but these 20 states had already given women the right to vote before the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment.

Congress passed the 19th Amendment, granting the right to vote to women, on this day in history, June 4, 1919 — sending the text of the amendment to the states for ratification. The amendment read, ...