#WomensEqualityDay Marks 95th Anniversary of US Women’s Suffrage
August 26, 2015
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Today marks the 19th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote.
In the years leading up to the vote, women enjoyed only sporadic access to the vote, depending on where they lived; the 19th Amendment, then, created a blanket standard for all states, ensuring that no one in America would ever again be denied the vote based on their sex.
The piece of paper that made it official looks pretty inconsequential...
