A mural going up in the heart of downtown D.C. celebrates women’s suffrage and the Chinese American community as the nation prepares to celebrate America’s 250 th birthday. The mural of Chinese ...

Just over a century ago, in August of 1920, American women won the constitutional right to vote, thanks to the passing and ratification of the 19th Amendment. What many don’t realize, however, is that ...

In The Women’s Suffrage Movement, Dr. Rabaka lifts up the intertwined histories of women’s rights, abolitionism, racial justice, and democratic reform. This episode serves as a companion to Episode 23 ...

Decades before women won the right to vote, suffragists filled city streets and courthouses across America to demand a say in their own future. Armed with little more than banners, marches, and sheer ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter was published Nov. 7, 2025, at KnoxNews.com. It garnered a number of responses, which can be read below this one. Women's suffrage has been an unmitigated disaster ...

My 94-year-old great-aunt, Paralee Wilmer — we call her Aunty Lee — voted for the first time after moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1944. Born to no-nonsense, small farmers in Millers Ferry, Alabama, ...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling on the federal government to honor the women's suffrage movement with a special coin as part of the nation's 250th anniversary. In his remarks on the Senate floor ...

The long fight for voting rights for women in America had some delicious twists. Suffragists often raised money for their activities with bake sales and by compiling cookbooks to sell. While it might ...