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Thursday, August 26, 2010
90th Anniversay of the 19th Amendment Granting Women the Right to Vote
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification on August 26, 1920, changing the face of the American electorate forever.
Check out the following websites for more history:
Our Documents
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=63
about.com
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1900/a/august_26_wed.htm
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/08/25/open-questions-90th-anniversary-women-s-right-vote
A History of the American Suffragist Movement
http://www.suffragist.com/default.htm
University of New York at Albany
http://www.albany.edu/~eb7540/pathfinder.html
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html
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