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 ...

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 ...

After decades of argument, Congress passed the 19th amendment, allowing women to vote, in June 1919. It needed to be ratified by 36 states to become law. Nebraska legislators voted unanimously on ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 18, 1920. The 19th Amendment is ratified. Passed by Congress nearly a year prior, on June 4, 1919, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment on this day, ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --While the 19th Amendment was ratified on Aug. 20, 1920, it was certified on Aug. 26, which is why Americans celebrate Women's Equality Day annually on that day. After 105 years, ...

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S1: Welcome back to KPBS midday Edition , I'm Jade Hindman. Today marks Women's Equality Day. On this day in 1920 , the 19th amendment passed , granting women the right to vote in theory , for women ...

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 ...