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#OTD in 1920, the #19thAmendment was ratified, granting white women the right to vote. A thread đ§ľ. 
Black women and women of color would not be granted equal access to the vote until the passage of the #VotingRightsAct in 1965.
1965 was really * not * that long ago.
1965 was really * not * that long ago.
Today, there are many barriers that keep communities of color from accessing our democracy and from casting their ballot.
Weâre talking felony disenfranchisement laws, restrictions on early voting, violence at the polls, and other voter suppression tactics.
Weâre talking felony disenfranchisement laws, restrictions on early voting, violence at the polls, and other voter suppression tactics.
New #Womenshistorymonth thread. Was the #NineteenthAmendment only about womenâs right to #vote?
#suffrage #whm2021 #whm #womenshistorymonth2021 #feminism (1/15)
#suffrage #whm2021 #whm #womenshistorymonth2021 #feminism (1/15)
That is precisely the question that politicians, activists, and legal authorities fought over in the years following the #NineteenthAmendment âs ratification. #whm2021 #suffrage #rights (2/15)
#ArchivesBakeOff Thread!
While researching materials regarding Virginia suffragists for this year's #19thAmendment anniversary, we came across this article in the Virginia Suffrage News about a Suffrage bake sale that took place in Richmond, VA.
While researching materials regarding Virginia suffragists for this year's #19thAmendment anniversary, we came across this article in the Virginia Suffrage News about a Suffrage bake sale that took place in Richmond, VA.
Now there's a lot of interesting information in this paragraph but one thing stood out. What in the world are "snakey-noodles"? A question that became even more intriguing when Google was no help.
Google, alas, doesn't know everything but this is where archivists and librarians shine! There was one search result that seemed someone relevant - text from a book called Molly Brown's Senior Days written by one Nell Speed in 1913.
A hundred years ago today, women gathered around the Commonwealth of Virginia to cast their first official votes.
uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2020/11/0âŚ
uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2020/11/0âŚ
About 77K Virginia women voted for the first time on Nov. 2, 1920. A Martinsville woman spoke for countless others when she told her husband to "put on your collar and your coat" that morning because "this is a day of triumph and dignity." #Vote #ElectionDay #suffrage100
"Three women were the first to cast their vote in the first ward," reported the Alexandria Gazette, on Nov. 2, 1920, "being at the polls before the men." #Vote #ElectionDay #suffrage100 #19thAmendment
I am ridiculously excited about a suffrage conference next week...
IHO 150 years of 15th Amdt & 100 years of 19th Amdt, the Massachusetts Historical Society is hosting a đ panel *each day.* @MHS1791 @MHS_Research
Free! Registration at bottom.
Select highlights to tempt you:
IHO 150 years of 15th Amdt & 100 years of 19th Amdt, the Massachusetts Historical Society is hosting a đ panel *each day.* @MHS1791 @MHS_Research
Free! Registration at bottom.
Select highlights to tempt you:
Monday @ 2 ET
@EllenDubois10âs new work on the long relationship between ElizCadyStanton & Frederick Douglass;
Thomas Dublin with new discoveries & interpretation on #BlackSuffragists
@LynnEckert4 on doctors
and @ProfMSinha tying it all together.
@EllenDubois10âs new work on the long relationship between ElizCadyStanton & Frederick Douglass;
Thomas Dublin with new discoveries & interpretation on #BlackSuffragists
@LynnEckert4 on doctors
and @ProfMSinha tying it all together.
Tuesday @ 12 ET
Marriage! inc. a paper Iâm so eager to hear by @HQuanquin about Stephen and Abby Kelley Foster, and more.
Wednesday @ 2 ET
Empire - @Laura_R_Prieto on the Philippines, @SilvanaSiddali on African American voters in 19th c. midwest & Sunu Kodumthara on Oklahoma.
Marriage! inc. a paper Iâm so eager to hear by @HQuanquin about Stephen and Abby Kelley Foster, and more.
Wednesday @ 2 ET
Empire - @Laura_R_Prieto on the Philippines, @SilvanaSiddali on African American voters in 19th c. midwest & Sunu Kodumthara on Oklahoma.
Yesterday I filed an amicus brief on behalf of @ProjectLincoln in the US District Court of Western Texas.
We argued that @GovAbbott's proclamation limiting counties to one ballot return drop-box both hinders voting and poses a risk to voters.
#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
We argued that @GovAbbott's proclamation limiting counties to one ballot return drop-box both hinders voting and poses a risk to voters.
#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
2/ The proclamation equated to #VoterSuppression, particularly in counties with huge populations like Harris, Travis, and Fort Bend.
#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
3/ @ProjectLincoln refused to stand by and watch while @GovAbbott undermined the election in Texas.
We support the Texas League of United Latin American Citizens, @LWVTexas and other plaintiffs' request for relief from his unconstitutional order.
#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
We support the Texas League of United Latin American Citizens, @LWVTexas and other plaintiffs' request for relief from his unconstitutional order.
#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
We gotta talk about lesbians. Specifically, about lesbian erasure.
Queer is cool, right? Itâs 2020! đłď¸âđđłď¸ââ§ď¸etc., etc. So why is the lesbian reality of the suffrage movement barely part of the #19thAmendment centennial conversation?
A thread.
Queer is cool, right? Itâs 2020! đłď¸âđđłď¸ââ§ď¸etc., etc. So why is the lesbian reality of the suffrage movement barely part of the #19thAmendment centennial conversation?
A thread.
The movement for womenâs liberation was run largely by unmarried women - some never married, some widowed.
Why? Because marriage was a prison for women, legally and socially. Unmarried women were exponentially freer to do the work of organizing and building a national movement.
Why? Because marriage was a prison for women, legally and socially. Unmarried women were exponentially freer to do the work of organizing and building a national movement.
Long-married leaders who raised multiple children - ElizCadyStanton, IdaBWells - are outliers in the suffrage pantheon. Most of the women who led the movement didnât marry, didnât have children, or were widowed early.
Does that mean they were lesbians? Well, yes - many of them.
Does that mean they were lesbians? Well, yes - many of them.
This crowd at Pence speech is small and the clapping makes it sound like a speech kicking off a campaign for city council. #RepublicanNationalConvention #RNC
If Trump has âkept his wordâ why does he lie so damn much, @VP? #RNCConvention #RNCConvention2020
Pence continuing the lie of Veterans Choice. What a honorable man. And in front of his mother, too. #RNCConvention
Today, we honor #WomensEqualityDay & the movement that helped adopt the #19thAmendment into the U.S. Constitution 100 years ago. Weâre thankful for the countless women who paved the way, while we acknowledge that too often Black women were erased from their role in this progress.
Black women, in particular, faced racism and violence that kept them from voting.
nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/0âŚ
nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/0âŚ
Black women actively worked to fight for their right to vote.
There were even suffrage schools for Black women who could prepare for a chance to register by studying how to pay poll taxes and how to take a literacy test.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/âŚ
There were even suffrage schools for Black women who could prepare for a chance to register by studying how to pay poll taxes and how to take a literacy test.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/âŚ
Starting now!
Welcome to our #WomenPowerVote Twitter chat. Here are the House rules and sound off. Let us know you're here! #WomenPowerVote
Q1: This month will mark 100 years since the #19thAmendment was ratified in the U.S. Constitution. What has the womenâs vote meant for America? #WomenPowerVote
The #RNC2020 kicks off tonight. Follow this thread for analysis from @EconUS and our cast of correspondents in America throughout the week đ
How is the campaign shaping up so far? Explore our presidential forecast to see who is likely to win in each state #RNC2020 bit.ly/2QoPq6p
The #RNC2020 is touting Donald Trump's foreign policy. But there are three big reasons for alarm over the state of American diplomacy: the pandemic, the rise of China and hostility from the White House itself econ.st/3hsuxmL
Our #KeystoneSuffragist was one of many Pennsylvania farm women who found creative (and delicious) ways to support the suffrage movement.
Alice Paisley Flack Kiernan 1870-1935
Alice was the leading recruiter of suffrage supporters in Somerset County. #19thAmendment #DARvote100
Alice Paisley Flack Kiernan 1870-1935
Alice was the leading recruiter of suffrage supporters in Somerset County. #19thAmendment #DARvote100
She spoke locally and throughout the state about womenâs right to vote. On July 7, 1916, 800 women from 20 counties gathered at her home to finish sewing and to dedicate the new PA state suffrage flag. At the event, they enjoyed her famous âcottage cheeseâ with berries. #pssdar
Alice donated the entire output of her farm cheese to the suffrage cause that year. Other farm women followed suit, pledging their butter and egg proceeds and selling special âsuffrage cookbooks.â đĽđ§đ§
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All week we will be recognizing scholars of woman suffrage in honor of #19thAmendment , #suffrage100, and #WomensVote100 .
#twitterstorians @womnknowhistory
All week we will be recognizing scholars of woman suffrage in honor of #19thAmendment , #suffrage100, and #WomensVote100 .
#twitterstorians @womnknowhistory
Let's begin with two incredible podcasts that feature experts who may show up in this thread laterđ. Retta and Rosario Dawson host "And Nothing Less" open.spotify.com/show/2QAZrj5tR⌠and Maggie Hart hosts "Waiting For Liberty," both about the struggle to vote. open.spotify.com/show/0EKsHIYT6âŚ
H-SAWH subscriber and UKentucky prof Melanie B. Goan offers a fresh take on national and state-level suffrage efforts in Kentucky. Out in November @KentuckyPress! kentuckypress.com/9780813180175/âŚ
Last week marked the 100th Anniversary of #19thAmendment
This is a perfect opportunity to reflect on how women gaining the right to vote fundamentally changed international politics.
How? It transformed trade and war.
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This is a perfect opportunity to reflect on how women gaining the right to vote fundamentally changed international politics.
How? It transformed trade and war.
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While I mentioned #19thAmendment above, đşđ¸ was NOT the first country to grant suffrage to women (but it was also not the last).
It truly was a process of đdiffusion.
Here is a map from @OurWorldInData showing which countries granted universal women's suffrage in 1919
It truly was a process of đdiffusion.
Here is a map from @OurWorldInData showing which countries granted universal women's suffrage in 1919
And here is the same map, but for 1939
Suffragists picketed the White House from 10am-6pm every day but Sundays. They continued - attacked by mobs, arrested constantly - for more than two years. But in their first months, the pickets were greeted warmly.đ§ľ
Until January 1917, no one had ever done what they were doing. Frustrated at President Wilsonâs refusal to support a federal suffrage amendment, they were the first Americans to stand outside the mansion in protest.
They walked 4-hour shifts, leaving only when relief arrived.
They walked 4-hour shifts, leaving only when relief arrived.
They continued in every kind of weather, though in heavy rain and snow shifts were 2 hours. To stay warm, the janitor from National Womanâs Party HQ brought wheelbarrows of hot bricks to stand on. In this picture from Jan. 26, theyâre standing on boards to keep their feet drier.
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the #19thAmendment, which gave American women voting rights. Florence Kling Harding was the first âfirst ladyâ who could vote for her husband in a presidential election. 1/5
Image Credit: @OhioHistory
Image Credit: @OhioHistory
Mrs. Harding was a highly-involved in politics and campaigned alongside her husband during the 1920 election. Harding once told a crowd: âI owe allegiance to only one bossâand she sits right over there in that box. Sheâs a mighty good one too.â 2/5
As first lady, she skillfully shaped her public persona, opening the White House to the public, cultivating relationships with womenâs groups and veterans, and navigating her husbandâs scandal-ridden administration. 3/5
Image Credit: Library of Congress
Image Credit: Library of Congress
#OTD 100 years ago, women were finally granted the right to vote with passage of the #19thAmendment. Voting mattered then and it matters today. In this time of #COVID19, it is best to vote by mail.
When you request your mail-in vote, PLEASE select the U.S. mail (âmail-inâ) version, not the âemailâ link version unless you absolutely need the internet version â those have to be hand counted & we are trying to keep those numbers small & get the number of people voting BIG.
And if you donât want to mail your completed ballot, there will be Board of Elections drop boxes located around the County. @777Vote
Can't really celebrate the 100th of the #19thAmendment without revisiting this "cult classic" from @democracynow circa 2008. I was very young, poorly lit, and so pissed. It's in 4 parts. "Melissa Harris Lacewell and Gloria Steinem debate." Part 1
"Melissa Harris Lacewell and Gloria Steinem debate." Part 2 #19thAmendment
"Melissa Harris Lacewell and Gloria Steinem debate." Part 3 #19thAmendment
Today we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote. #19thAmendment
To honor this historic moment, President @realDonaldTrump announced he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a national leader in the womenâs suffrage movement. Charged in 1872, her only crime was voting for President. #19thAmendment
foxnews.com/politics/trumpâŚ
foxnews.com/politics/trumpâŚ
Mississippi-native Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a prominent civil rights activist and suffragist, fought to secure the right to vote for women of all backgrounds. Wells-Barnett is known for founding the first black suffrage organization in 1913. #19thAmendment mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/49/idâŚ
We celebrate today the 100th anniversary of the #19thAmendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote.
This is a great milestone in American history, which has enriched the American body politic.
This is a great milestone in American history, which has enriched the American body politic.
The biggest problem facing the Middle East and other parts of the world is the fact that womenâs voices are shut out.
Over time, the dismissal of womenâs voices hardens society.
Over time, the dismissal of womenâs voices hardens society.
The United States made a great choice with passage of the 19thAmendment.
Today we celebrate those who fought for and brought about this great accomplishment.
Today we celebrate those who fought for and brought about this great accomplishment.
1/ The passage of the #19thAmendment has long been heralded as the turning point for womenâs voting rights in America.
But in reality, the 19th Amendment did not affirmatively grant the vote to all women â or even to any women in particular. bit.ly/3kRHs3P
But in reality, the 19th Amendment did not affirmatively grant the vote to all women â or even to any women in particular. bit.ly/3kRHs3P
2/ All the #19thAmendment text says is: âthe 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.â
3/ In other words, after its ratification, states couldn't keep people from the polls just because they were women.
But officials who wanted to stop people from voting had plenty of other tools with which to do so.
But officials who wanted to stop people from voting had plenty of other tools with which to do so.
A century ago today, on Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, making voting a right regardless of sex.
While this was a watershed moment in our democracy, it excluded millions of people, including women of color, from the ballot box for generations.
While this was a watershed moment in our democracy, it excluded millions of people, including women of color, from the ballot box for generations.
The 19th Amendment remains unfinished business, a fact we acknowledge in our logo with an asterisk â a visible reminder of those who have been omitted from our democracy.
So today we commemorate the #19thCentennial â but with an asterisk as well.
So today we commemorate the #19thCentennial â but with an asterisk as well.
As the expansion of the voting franchise continues today, The 19th is here to capture this ongoing American story. And it's more important than ever.
Women make up more than half of the American electorate.
âĄď¸ 73.7 MILLION women voted in 2016 â nearly 10 million MORE than men.
Women make up more than half of the American electorate.
âĄď¸ 73.7 MILLION women voted in 2016 â nearly 10 million MORE than men.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the #19thAmendment, for which our newsroom is proudly named â but with an asterisk. This is intentional, because the omission and erasure of black women from the suffrage movement was intentional.
In honoring this landmark legislation with our name, we above all honor those who it denied. This tiny but powerful symbol is a daily reminder for us as a newsroom that the work remains unfinished, and that it is our mission to make this democracy more inclusive.
We are centering the marginalized. This includes not only the majority of the electorate, but folks regardless of gender or geography. @19thnews is a place where you will be seen, and where we are committed to making journalism that reaches you, no matter where you are.
Today is the centennial of the #19thAmendmentâs ratification â which promised suffrage to American women.
Like most people, I learned about this history in school.
Like most people, I learned about this history in school.
The story went like this:
The fight for womenâs voting rights in this country began in 1848 in Seneca Falls, NY, and ended in 1920. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were leaders. Suffrage gave all women in America the vote. The end.
The fight for womenâs voting rights in this country began in 1848 in Seneca Falls, NY, and ended in 1920. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were leaders. Suffrage gave all women in America the vote. The end.
And yet that story is wildly incomplete.
Thatâs no huge surprise; womenâs stories are said to make up just 0.5% of recorded history. The stories of women of color are often absent entirely from the public record.
And so, here are a few things I have learned since then.
Thatâs no huge surprise; womenâs stories are said to make up just 0.5% of recorded history. The stories of women of color are often absent entirely from the public record.
And so, here are a few things I have learned since then.
