EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) -Across the country, we’re marking the centennial of women’s suffrage, but the story of voting rights ...

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, ...

The 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote ... was arrested and jailed six times for picketing on behalf of women’s suffrage. She was one of several women who went on ...

Anthony, with support from African Americans like Sojourner ... Stone and Blackwell formed a rival organization—the American Woman Suffrage Association—that included men as well as women ...

Later, she and Stanton co-published the four-volume The History of Woman Suffrage. A fearless activist ... Truth worked on behalf of both African American soldiers and newly freed slaves.

Guide to Collections about Women's Suffrage and Women in Politics ... In 1980, Byrd was elected to the Wyoming State House of Representatives and became the first African American legislator in ...

Two historical markers, one related to women’s suffrage and another to African American heritage, were recently damaged in the city of Decatur, according to a release from the police department.