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  2. Women's Equality Day - Wikipedia

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    Nancy Pelosi, Anna Eshoo, Barbara Lee and Jackie Speier on the 96th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, when women won the right to vote.. Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government ...

  3. Charlotte Woodward Pierce - Wikipedia

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    Charlotte Woodward Pierce (January 14, 1830 – March 15, 1924) was the only woman to sign the Declaration of Sentiments at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and live to see the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920. [1] She was the only one of the 68 women who signed the Declaration to see the day that women could vote nationwide. [2]

  4. Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1874: There is a referendum in Michigan on women's suffrage, but women's suffrage loses. [3] 1875: Women in Michigan and Minnesota win the right to vote in school elections. [3] 1878: A federal amendment to grant women the right to vote is introduced for the first time by Senator Aaron A. Sargent of California.

  5. Viewpoint: This Women’s History Month make plans to vote - AOL

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    Rosa Parks. Susan B. Anthony. Barbara Jordan. Sandra Day O’Connor. Madam C.J. Walker. Those are among the women most people think about during Women’s History Month.. I think about my mom, my ...

  6. 35 Fascinating Facts About Women's History Month - AOL

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    7. The 19th Amendment didn't give all women the right to vote.. The 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, was signed into law on August 26, 1920. But at the time, a number of ...

  7. When did women gain the right to vote? The history of the ...

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    19 th Amendment. Women in the U.S. won the right to vote for the first time in 1920 when Congress ratified the 19th Amendment.The fight for women’s suffrage stretched back to at least 1848, when ...

  8. Women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Wendell Phillips, a prominent abolitionist and women's rights advocate, delivered a speech at the second national convention in 1851 called "Shall Women Have the Right to Vote?" Describing women's suffrage as the cornerstone of the women's movement, it was later circulated as a women's rights tract. [64]

  9. Women Veterans Day honors the service, sacrifices of ... - AOL

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    Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 805 on June 9, 2017, designating June 12 as Women Veterans Day in Texas.