Following a battle that lasted over 70 years, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the right to vote, was passed by the US Congress and sent to the states for ratification on this day 105 years ago. June 4, 1919.
Have you seen the movie Iron Jawed Angels about Alice Paul? Do you know the amazing stories of suffragettes like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt, Julia Ward Howe, Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone, Anna Howard Shaw, and Jane Adams? Did you know that the 19th amendment did not include black women and that most black women in the US were unable to vote for several more decades?
Do you know what year women in the U.S. could legally take out a business loan without a male cosigner? (Guess before you Google.) Do you know what percentage of a man's salary a woman makes today for the exact same job? Do you know how valuable our rights and freedoms are and how quickly they could disappear for us all? Vote, my friends, vote with diligence and wisdom.
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