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1 day ago · Feminism portal. v. t. e. Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and localities, then nationally in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- Timeline of Women's Suffrage
17th century. 1689 Friesland: Female landowners are allowed...
- Nineteenth Amendment to The United States Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United...
- National Woman's Party
The National Woman's Party (NWP) was an American women's...
- Timeline of Women's Suffrage
3 days ago · v. t. e. Eugenics, the set of beliefs and practices which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population, [2] [3] played a significant role in the history and culture of the United States from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century. [4] The cause became increasingly promoted by intellectuals of the Progressive Era.
4 days ago · The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) [a] is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.
6 days ago · American Women in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920 by Carl J. Schneider; Dorothy Schneider This rich social history drawn from primary sources chronicles the story of American women from 1900 to 1920. Known as the Progressive Era, this period culminated in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment giving American women the right to vote.
- Erika Harris
- 2011
4 days ago · Access to millions of primary source, cross-searchable, full-text/full-image documents on the most widely studied topics in 19th and 20th-century American history. Search or browse digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials. Database Guide.
- Sue Collins
- 2013
May 17, 2024 · Includes the full run of the Southern Literary Messenger (1834-45) and Garrison's Liberator (1831-65). Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers A collection of 19th century newspapers, including U.S. political party newspapers and news dailies that shaped the nation.
May 4, 2024 · American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary association of American lawyers and judges. The ABA was founded in 1878, and by the late 20th century it had about 375,000 members. Its headquarters are in Chicago, Ill. Nongovernmental in nature, the ABA seeks to encourage improvements in the legal.
