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Here is the Table of Contents for the latest issue of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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Editorial
Christina Larocco
Hello,
Here is the Table of Contents for the latest issue of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
ARTICLES
Editorial
Christina Larocco
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One of the most intriguing aspects of the Kentucky equal rights movement is the tension that led to Laura Clay’s break from the Kentucky Equal Rights Association (KERA) and the National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). From the establishment of KERA in 1888, Clay had dedicated her life to the organization and fighting for women’s rights.
On this day, June 4th, in 1919 the United States Senate passed the Nineteenth Amendment and presented it to the states for ratification. It read, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
This month marks the centennial of New Jersey's ratification of the 19th amendment. NJ was the 29th state to ratify, leaving seven more states to meet the required three-quarters. Tennessee's ratification in August 1920 made the amendment an official add-on to the Constitution.
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the nineteenth amendment, which gave American women the right to vote. Lindsey Greene Barrett will present the 70+ year story of the fight for women's suffrage in the United States, and the influential women who brought it to fruition. New Jersey has its own unique voting history, and was home to several women who were integral to the suffrage movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul. Ms.
Special Issue of Pennsylvania History devoted to Women’s History in Pennsylvania
Debate before the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky
October 18th, 1919
Won by the Negative - Miss Clay.
Subject:
That Both Sections of the Anthony Federal Amendment Constitute the Proper Method of Extending Suffrage to Women.
AFFIRMATIVE: Mrs. Desha Breckinridge,
President of State Equal Rights Association
