Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment! (August 18, 1920)

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Michael Beschloss ‏@BeschlossDC
Here is celebration in DC over ratification of 19th Amendment--women's voting rights--93 years ago tomorrow: pic.twitter.com/yfgeXFrhr2

[shenmue]

1. Amen

[ZombieHorde]

2. People who like your OP may enjoy the movie, Iron Jawed Angels.

http://iron-jawed-angels.com/

[freshwest]

3. Thank you, bigtree for this OP and the great photos.

[madamesilverspurs]

4. Great history!

On a personal level, my mother celebrated her first birthday a few days before this was signed into law. She and her siblings were raised by a single mother who well knew the importance of civic engagement. For many years of Mom's childhood their living room was the neighborhood polling place. My grandmother volunteered for many campaigns and issues, my mother learned those lessons and modeled them for her own children: I remember going with her as she canvassed the neighborhood for Ike and when she followed the same route in collecting for the March of Dimes. Until her eyesight began to fail she worked as an election judge in every community she lived in.

Mom turned 94 this week. She still thinks that Obama will prove to be the best president of her lifetime.

[tblue37]

5. August 18 (1950, though) is also MY birthday. nt

[a2liberal]

6. me too :) (not 1950) (n/t)

[tblue37]

7. Happy Birthday! nt

[a2liberal]

12. Thanks, you too :)

[bigtree]

13. that is grand

. . . 30 years afterward.

Happy Birthday, tblue37!

[liberal_at_heart]

8. Those are great pictures.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. If anyone hasn't seen this

and can get a copy (or find a place streaming like Netflix), consider seeing the HBO film "Iron Jawed Angels". Excellent biopic of the struggle.

[bigtree]

10. must be an excellent movie

. . . second rec for the docu-flick on this thread!

Thanks!

[mstinamotorcity2]

11. We have come a long way!!!!!

And still have a long way to go.

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