On Aug. 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified by Tennessee, the 36th state needed for it to become law. On Aug. 26, it was certified by U.S. Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby, and on Sept ...

Suffragettes were arrested and imprisoned as they fought for voting rights. Photos from 1912 to 1920 chronicle their efforts ...

Each September, we celebrate Constitution Day, honoring the document that defines our government and secures our rights. But constitutions don’t defend themselves. They work only when citizens ...

The musical Suffs tells the riveting, complicated, devastating story of how women in the United States got the right to vote. With a book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub, the musical explores the ...

One hundred years ago Tuesday, Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote across the United States. In California, that ...

This year, leading up to the centenary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, newspapers, podcasts, documentaries and museum exhibitions — indeed, three in the nation’s capital alone — have been ...

Asylum seekers held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California have launched a series of hunger strikes to demand personal protective equipment, medical care and provisional ...