Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisa Tetrault, a historian and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, noted many people misunderstand how that 19th amendment ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (The College Today) — One hundred years ago today, women’s voices were finally heard, their opinions finally given equal weight, their priorities finally afforded a chance to be ...

Maya Keleher, who plays lead suffragist Alice Paul in the musical "Suffs," is honored to bring story to audiences across the ...

When suffragist Jeannette Rankin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1916, she made a prescient prediction: “I may be the first woman member of Congress. But I won’t be the ...

The American suffrage movement spanned decades, women working steadily and tirelessly until the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, giving women the ...

This week, the United States will celebrate 100 years of women’s suffrage. The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified on August 18, 1920, and certified as part of the Constitution on August 26, 1920, granted ...

Indeed, Silverman and Taub wanted to make sure the show was entertaining and not a dusty civics lesson. But it wasn’t only about the singing and dancing. The story leans into the movement’s inherent ...

This year marks 100 years since the passage of the 19th amendment, which sought to guarantee all American women the right to vote. Many Americans believe they know the full story of American suffrage ...

This article is part of She Resisted, an interactive experience celebrating the pioneering strategies of the women’s suffrage movement. Black women formed clubs to support their communities as early ...