Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the 1920s, some women's lives changed radically due to the introduction of new rights and jobs. The 19th Amendment was ratified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisa Tetrault, a historian and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, noted many people misunderstand how that 19th amendment ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — It was a hundred years ago this week when American women finally won the right to vote. The suffragettes had marched and rallied for their cause. And on Aug. 28, 1920, the 19th ...

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 ...

Suffragists, however, seized on the war as an opportunity to bolster their cause, and in 1918, organized the Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit to serve in France. They were responding to the powerful ...

It seems hard to believe that there was a time when American women were not able to participate in democracy. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified by 36 states and made law in 1920, ...

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 ...

Susan B. Anthony was a women’s suffrage leader who rose to prominence after being arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., in 1872. Anthony, who was already active in the anti-slavery ...

From suffrage to speakeasies, 65 photos show what life was like for women in the 1920s Mykenna Maniece,James LaForge Sat 21 March 2026 at 7:07 am GMT-7 28 min read ...