Fighting for the Right to Vote
On August 18, 1920, Tennessee’s narrow ratification of the 19th Amendment granted women the constitutional right to vote, a victory forged over decades of activism. Yet the episode underscores that this milestone excluded most Black and marginalized women, and today, those rights face ren
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