This week is a great week for celebrating Tennessee’s pivotal role in the 19th Amendment’s ratification. On August 18, 1920, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted in a special session to ratify the 19th Amendment, which enshrined the right to vote for American women in the U.S. Constitution. The House concurred with the Senate which […]
Portsmouth school board member Quniana Futrell appeared somber behind the podium in Norfolk’s Slover event space as she spoke in support of a proposal to amend Virginia’s constitution to automatically restore voting rights for people who complete felony sentences. She recalled her experience growing up with both of her parents incarcerated and said her mother […]
Colorado may have always been destined to attain statehood, but it owes its identity as the Centennial State to the partisan political interests of the Reconstruction-era Republican Party. The timing of Colorado’s admission into the union in 1876, weeks after the celebration of the nation’s centenary and just ahead of that year’s pivotal presidential election, […]
A popular vote on a referendum granted women the right to vote in Colorado on Nov. 7, 1893. Just under 55% of male voters supported the measure — 35,798 votes for, and 29,551 votes against. While it’s debated which state was actually the first to grant women the right to vote, Colorado was the first […]
