Category: SuffrageI
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Mojo Monday ~ Women’s Right to Vote
This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers who lived only 90 years ago. Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote. The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for…
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Mojo Monday ~ Women’s Equality Day * August 26th
On August 26, 1920 Congress passed the 19th Amendment and women finally obtained the right to vote. The 19th amendment states “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” The passage of the 19th Amendment…