Civil Rights Movement Memphis women, Smith, Walk and Crenshaw, made a difference | Opinion
Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk and Cornelia Crenshaw were civil rights leaders who challenged injustice and made a ...
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The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S.
Still others used acts of nonviolent and even violent civil disobedience ... leaders of the suffragist movement celebrate the passing of the amendment. Though women are outnumbered in public ...
Fight for voting rights has long history, ongoing
Voting rights for women, immigrants, Blacks, Native Americans and soldiers went through many changes beginning in the late 1800s, up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Dr. Rachel ...
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Biden announces Women’s Suffrage National Monument to be placed on National Mall
The women’s national suffrage movement is traditionally recognized ... and engaging in civil disobedience. After decades of political pressure, an amendment to ensure women the right to vote ...
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The suffragette movement
It was felt that any actions that broke the law would allow their opponents to portray them as irresponsible and provide further excuses to deny women ... a course of civil disobedience and ...