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 ...

"From the earliest history of our country, woman has shown equal devotion with man to the cause of freedom and has stood firmly by his side in its defense," Anthony wrote in her Declaration of Rights ...

Nashville, Tenn., AUGUST 18, 1920 – Tennessee today became the thirty sixth state to ratify the Susan B. Anthony federal suffrage amendment. The constitutional change thus will become effective in ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Step inside a living tribute to the women who fought for our right to vote: the 1920 Merch Co., now open in Union Station this August. This groundbreaking ...

In September 1920, people crowded Liberty Square in Philadelphia to celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment the previous month. After more than seven decades of struggle, American women’s right to ...

While it might feel as though it’s been an inalienable right for as long as we can remember, it really wasn’t that long ago that women not only didn’t have the right to vote, but also couldn’t own ...

Before American women could vote in 1920, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia headquarters was in Richmond, giving suffragists easier access to state legislators. However, some very active ...