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Arts Nov 06

How a historic Nashville hotel played a key role in women’s suffrage

By Cat Wise, Claire Mufson

Arts Aug 25

This Ida B. Wells mosaic is also a monument to women’s suffrage

Look closely at this floor mosaic of the pionnering journalist, and a portrait of the fight for women's suffrage appears.

By Joshua Barajas

Nation Aug 18

Gloria Steinem on the role of women of color in the suffrage movement

Feminist writer, author and activist Gloria Steinem said that Black, indigenous and other American women of color were essential to the suffrage movement even though their efforts have not historically always been recognized.

By Courtney Vinopal

Politics Aug 18

A century ago, some American women won the right to vote. Here’s what women say today

Eleven female voters shared their perspective about this moment’s significance with the PBS NewsHour, in their own words.

By Laura Santhanam, Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Nation Aug 18

Watch 9:37
A century after 19th Amendment, Gloria Steinem on what challenges remain

Tuesday marks a full century since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which says that the right to vote “should not be denied or abridged” on the basis of sex. We look back to the path to that milestone, and…

Aug 18

WATCH: Trump to pardon Susan B. Anthony for women’s suffrage anniversary

By Deb Reichmann, Kevin Freking, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said he would sign “a full and complete pardon” later Tuesday, the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women the right to vote.

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Aug 16

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100 years after women’s suffrage, work remains in achieving equality

By PBS NewsHour

This week it will be 100 years since the 19th Amendment was passed, giving women in America the hard-fought right to vote. With COVID-19 disproportionately affecting women, especially women of color, progress on several fronts including wage equality has been…

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May 21

WATCH: Pelosi speaks on coronavirus funding for mail-in voting, election security

By Courtney Vinopal

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a news conference May 21 on the 100th anniversary of the House of Representatives’ passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Watch the news conference in the player above. Pelosi…

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Feb 15

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Cultural institutions celebrate women’s suffrage centennial

By Karla Murthy, Melanie Saltzman

The year 2020 marks the centennial anniversary for women's suffrage, when the 19th amendment took effect giving some women the right to vote in U.S. elections. And on Saturday, one of the movement's key figures, Susan B. Anthony, would have…

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Sep 10

5 things you might not know about the 19th Amendment

By Elizabeth Flock

The milestone capped off a decades-long campaign by women who demanded that they, too, be involved in public affairs.

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