KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Nov. 5, 1872, civil rights activist Susan B. Anthony cast an illegal vote in the presidential ...
Susan B. Anthony campaigned for women’s right to vote - the only recorded time she broke the law was on Nov. 5, 1872, when she cast her vote in the presidential election.
WORCESTER, Mass. (WHSV) - Over 170 years ago on Oct. 23, 1850, suffragists held the first-ever National Women’s Rights Convention.
WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, gave women in the United States the right to vote. South Carolina’s state legislature had rejected the ...
On October 24, 1975, 90% of women in Iceland went on strike. They stopped working, in their jobs and at home, to demonstrate the irreplaceable role of women in society. It’s now the most gender equal ...
On this day 105 years ago, the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution was officially certified—forever changing the course of history and immortalizing these mighty words: “The right of ...
Every day has a history. It's a story filled with moments that shaped people, nations, ideas and change. And today, November ...
GEORGIA (WALB) - On this day in 1992, Cynthia McKinney made history as the first African-American woman elected to Congress ...
WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice was confirmed on Sept. 21, 1981. Sandra Day O’Connor received a unanimous approval vote of 99-0 from the U.S. Senate.