Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was ratified on August 18, 1920. Suffragettes were arrested, imprisoned, and ...

This article is part of She Resisted, an interactive experience celebrating the pioneering strategies of the women’s suffrage movement. Black women formed clubs to support their communities as early ...

Re: Keith Gallagher’s March 14 letter, “Poor understanding of history”: Mr. Gallagher claims that the Congresswomen who dressed in white at the State of the Union in solidarity with the women’s ...