After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

Charleston, W.Va. – On March 10, 1920, the West Virginia legislature ratified the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to guarantee women the right to vote. West Virginia was the ...

Beardsley Ave. This month’s book is “Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment” by Eleanor Clift. Books are selected annually, consisting of both fiction and non-fiction, and focus on ...