The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional ...

The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the ...

While African American women didn’t receive the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 — giving the right to white women — African American women played integral roles from the ...

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, ...

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections ...

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, has made history as the first woman and the first Black ...

President Joe Biden’s declaration the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land” likely only sets up more debates for ...

Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 20th Amendment to the Constitution is often called the “Lame Duck Amendment.” It shortened the time between the November election and ...

For that purpose it believes that all women should judge the government at Washington solely with respect to its attitude toward the suffrage amendment. It believes that women should work with all ...

Alice Paul, seated second from left, sews the 36th star on a banner, celebrating the ratification of the women's suffrage amendment in August 1920. The 36th star represented Tennessee, whose ...

“In addition to commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Women’s Suffrage National Monument will recognize the generations of women who fought to ensure an equal voice for ...