Though the meaning of the word has broadened, it originally referred to a very specific—and controversial—kind of woman. The ...

A large, dramatic headline was sprawled across the front page of the Aug. 18, 1920, edition of the Evening Gazette of Cedar Rapids. 'TENNESSEE RATIFIES SUFFRAGE,” the historic headline shouted.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/vote-not-all-women-gained-right-to-vote-in-1920/ Three African American women at a polling place, one looking at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisa Tetrault, a historian and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, noted many people misunderstand how that 19th amendment ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — It was a hundred years ago this week when American women finally won the right to vote. The suffragettes had marched and rallied for their cause. And on Aug. 28, 1920, the 19th ...

Nashville's Hermitage Hotel was a key site during the quest for women's suffrage. Forces on either site gathered at the historic property ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — This week marked 101 years after Tennessee granted women’s suffrage. According to historians with the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), Nashville was an epicenter ...

This year marks 100 years since the passage of the 19th amendment, which sought to guarantee all American women the right to vote. Many Americans believe they know the full story of American suffrage ...

Suffragists, however, seized on the war as an opportunity to bolster their cause, and in 1918, organized the Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit to serve in France. They were responding to the powerful ...

Yvonne Wood is president of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument Board. The Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument stands in Centennial Park as a tribute to our foremothers and to Tennessee’s pivotal role ...

Susan B. Anthony was a women’s suffrage leader who rose to prominence after being arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., in 1872. Anthony, who was already active in the anti-slavery ...