Dr. Dianne Bystrom explains the grassroots efforts of American women to win the vote.
Keyword: History
Since California first adopted the ballot initiative process in 1911, California voters have been asked to decide on issues such as the legality of prize fighting...
Lecture, Voting Rights, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
When Women Won the Right to Vote: A History Unfinished
The passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 did not win women the right to vote—despite repeated claims that it did. Just what, then, did the women’s suffrage amendment do...
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