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The year 2020 marks the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as well as the 150th anniversary of the first women voting in Utah, which was the first state in the nation where women cast a ballot. [143] An annual celebration of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, known as Women's Equality Day, began on August 26, 1973. [144]
United States: The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was adopted on August 18, 1920.
1913 – 16th Amendment, establishing an income tax; 1913 – End of the Philippine–American War; 1913 – The Armory Show opens in New York City introducing Modern art both American and European to the American public. 1913 – 17th Amendment, establishing the direct election of U.S. Senators. 1913 – Underwood Tariff
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It celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment, which effectively gave American women the right to vote. [1] The rally was sponsored by the National Organization for Women (NOW). Estimates ranged as high as 50,000 women at the protest in New York City [2] and more protested throughout the country.
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that every vote — past, present, and future — matters a lot. Amelia McNeil-Maddox, an 18-year-old voter from Maine, says the coincidence of the ...
The first women-led anti-suffrage group in the United States was the Anti-Sixteenth Amendment Society. [39] The group was started by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren in 1869. [40] During the fight to pass the nineteenth amendment, women increasingly took on a leading role in the anti-suffrage movement. [41]
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