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How white became the color of suffrage

  • Written by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Visiting Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Female members of Congress wore white in a nod to suffragists during the State of the Union.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

During President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 State of the Union address, scores of Democratic congresswomen wore white to pay tribute to suffragists and their fight for women’s rights.

In the past, other politicians have done...

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