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The 1917 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States on Tuesday, December 4, 1917, during his turbulent second term.He spoke in the United States House of Representatives chamber, in the United States Capitol.
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]
18th Amendment; 19th Amendment; ... Thomas Woodrow Wilson ... In a 1918 speech before Congress, Wilson for the first time backed a national right to vote: "We have ...
Woodrow Wilson's tenure as the 28th president of the United States lasted from March 4, 1913, until March 4, 1921. He was largely incapacitated the last year and a half. He became president after winning the 1912 election. Wilson was a Democrat who previously served as governor of New Jersey. He gained a large majority in the electoral vote and ...
The Pueblo speech was an address in favor of the League of Nations, given by US President Woodrow Wilson on the afternoon of September 25, 1919, in Pueblo, Colorado. It was the last of a series of speeches he gave advocating American entry into the League of Nations.
January 29 - President Wilson delivers an address in Cleveland, Ohio on the bravery of the US and how it affects foreign policy. [10] January 31 - President Wilson delivers a military address in Milwaukee. [11] February 1 - President Wilson delivers a speech in Des Moines, Iowa on guarding the honor of the US when it is questioned. [12]
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 ...
Silent Sentinels picketing the White House. The Silent Sentinels, also known as the Sentinels of Liberty, [1] [2] [3] were a group of over 2,000 women in favor of women's suffrage organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, who nonviolently protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson's presidency starting on January 10, 1917. [4]