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Related: About this forumFighters for women's voting rights began picketing Woodrow Wilson at White House today 1917:
Fighters for women's voting rights began picketing President Woodrow Wilson at White House today 1917:
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19TH AMENDMENT: WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Under the leadership of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, the U.S. Constitution was amended to grant women the right to vote. In August of 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify womens suffrage, and it became our nations 19th amendment.
19TH AMENDMENT: WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Under the leadership of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, the U.S. Constitution was amended to grant women the right to vote. In August of 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify womens suffrage, and it became our nations 19th amendment.
Ummmm, no.
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Fighters for women's voting rights began picketing Woodrow Wilson at White House today 1917: (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2023
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niyad
(119,950 posts)1. NO?
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,969 posts)2. "No" to the notion that Woodrow Wilson exhibited
anything even vaguely resembling leadership in the passage of the amendment. The protesters were hauled off to jail in Lorton, Virginia, and put on a bread and water diet.
niyad
(119,950 posts)3. Just wanted to make sure. The "Night of Terror" was on his watch.
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,969 posts)4. The organization that is attempting to
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claim leadership on Wilsons behalf is a bunch of fabulists.
niyad
(119,950 posts)5. Thank you. I had not been aware of that.