This month marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification and adoption of the 19th Amendment, forbidding limitations on voting based on sex. Yet the celebration of this centennial should not eclipse the 72 years of agitation, protest, social condemnation, imprisonment, and even violence that women endured to gain the ballot.
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification and adoption of the 19th Amendment, forbidding limitations on voting based on sex. Yet the celebration of this centennial should not eclipse the 72 years of agitation, protest, social condemnation, imprisonment, and even violence that women endured to gain the ballot.
