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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 18 > U.S. women get right to vote in 1920

U.S. women get right to vote in 1920

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
August 18, 2008

Today is Monday, Aug. 18, the 231st day of 2008. There are 135 days left in the year.

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In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees the right of all American women to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve....

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