After the Civil War, when the 15th Amendment enfranchised Black men but ignored all women, white suffrage leaders excluded African American women from the movement. By the 1890s, some had begun to ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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.

Delta Sigma Theta sisters and several supports are honoring those who fought for women's suffrage and march the River City ...

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 ...

Inc., with the Evansville African American Museum, will host its rescheduled commemoration of the 112th anniversary of the Women's Suffrage march on May 4. The march will start at 3 p.m. at the ...

in partnership with the Evansville African American Museum, will present a commemoration of the 112th anniversary of the historic Women’s Suffrage March. This event is designed to honor the ...

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