Aug. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1227, Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China west to the Aral Sea, died in camp during a campaign ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 25,000 women take to New York City's Fifth Avenue on October 23, 1915, advocating for women’s voting rights. On August ...

It was ratified by the states on August 18, 1920. Our Constitution was ratified in 1789. Women had no federal constitutional right to vote. A few states periodically gave women states’ voting rights, ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, gave women in the United States the right to vote. South Carolina’s state legislature had rejected the ...

The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, celebrates a big birthday on Tuesday, as it was passed by both chambers of Congress 100 years ago ...

The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Women’s Suffrage Amendment, prohibited the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to the citizens of our country on the ...

On this day 105 years ago, the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution was officially certified—forever changing the course of history and immortalizing these mighty words: “The right of ...

Charleston, W.Va. – On March 10, 1920, the West Virginia legislature ratified the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to guarantee women the right to vote. West Virginia was the 34th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of the League of Women Voters participates in a demonstration to protest the lack of voting rights for the citizens of ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1920, eight days after it was ratified, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect -- giving women the right to vote. In 1964, Democrats ...