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19 facts about the 19th Amendment on its 100th anniversary

  • Written by Dianne Bystrom, Former Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, Iowa State University
imageWomen portraying suffragettes walk with the Pasadena Celebrates 2020 float at the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker

One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment enfranchised millions of women across the United States following a seven-decade campaign. The struggle to expand voting rights to...

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