06 June 2019 at 12:00AM
100 Year Anniversary of Congress Passing the 19th Amendment
This week, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution passing Congress. The following year the Amendment was ratified by 3/4 of the states.
The 19th Amendment guaranteed voting rights for female citizens, but also had implications for the 15th Amendment.
To read a little about the intersectionality of sex and race related to voting rights, see the article "How racism almost killed women’s right to vote" at https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/04/how-racism-almost-killed-womens-right-vote/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b305ff314bbd. You can also read "Black Women & The Suffrage Movement: 1848-1923" at https://www.wesleyan.edu/mlk/posters/suffrage.html#
Do you have recommended reading? Please add in the comments or email us at diversity@pmirochester.org.
