women's suffrage
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Her show “Suffs,” which is about the women’s suffrage movement leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, opens Tuesday at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre as part of its inaugural national tour.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025
Over time, its adherents pushed for the abolition of slavery, for women’s suffrage, for civil rights for all, for same-sex marriage.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
Many donned white clothing in honour of the women's suffrage movement.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
Between 1909 and 1971, the Constitution was amended 11 more times—on average, about twice per decade—to do things like guarantee women’s suffrage, bar poll taxes, and include the District of Columbia in the Electoral College.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
The deaths of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony marked the end of the first wave of the American women’s suffrage movement.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
