Women have officially been able to vote for more than a century, but these 20 states had already given women the right to vote before the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment.

The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, granting women the right to vote. First introduced in Congress in 1878, the 19th Amendment was not easily ...

JANESVILLE — Local women artists of a bygone era will be the focus of a program this weekend at the The Rock County Historical Society’s campus in Janesville. The Historical Society will present “19th ...

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 ...

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian society Brigit Katz - Correspondent Works like Tissot's The Convalescent (1872), ...

Since Peggy’s father, Arthur Scott (John Douglas Thompson), is a pharmacist, their costuming reflects the upper-middle class norms at the time: Arthur dons perfectly tailored suits while Peggy is ...

I often think of the Knights of Labor, but especially on Labor Day. I’m a retiree member of the American Federation of Teachers who taught history at West Kentucky Community and Technical College in ...

Rukhmabai Raut, married at 11, became the first woman in India to legally obtain a divorce, defying societal norms and ...

Cheyney McKnight says her work as a historical interpreter and researcher led to her path as a designer. McKnight launched Not Your Momma’s History in 2014, where she develops programming and makes ...