On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention in the United States began at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.
It was on April 2, 1917 that Jeanette Rankin became the first woman in Congress. But within days, she became the target of…
On the anniversary of the 19th Amendment's ratification, we look back at a young politician whose unexpected vote in the Tennessee…
On this day in 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, ensuring that the amendment guaranteeing a…
On January 12, 1932, a recent widow became the first woman to win election to the United States Senate, when Hattie Ophelia Wyatt…
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote nationally on August 18, 1920, so why is Women’s Equality Day on August 26th…
On February 24, 1908, the Supreme Court decided Muller v. Oregon, unanimously upholding an Oregon law setting a 10-hour limit on…
The right to vote has long been considered one of the cherished freedoms key to American democracy. But voting rights in general…
The ERA remains caught up in the surprisingly unsettled question of the process of adding a proposed amendment to the…
On January 15, 2020, the Virginia legislature passed a resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The move sets off an…
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