Aug. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1227, Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China west to the Aral Sea, died in camp during a campaign ...

Charleston, W.Va. – On March 10, 1920, the West Virginia legislature ratified the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to guarantee women the right to vote. West Virginia was the 34th ...

The activism of Black women often predated that of famous white suffragists—and still informs debates over what history is worth remembering ...

FILE - Alice Paul, background holding rolled-up banner, takes part with suffragettes marching from the Women's Party Headquarters to the White House in the spring of 1917, to further their cause for ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, gave women in the United States the right to vote. South Carolina’s state legislature had rejected the ...

On this day in 1921, the Vermont legislature ratified the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The national touring production of “Suffs” continues to win audiences over at Playhouse Square. The Tony-winning musical, with a book and score by Shaina Taub, focuses on the leaders ...

The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Women’s Suffrage Amendment, prohibited the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to the citizens of our country on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of the League of Women Voters participates in a demonstration to protest the lack of voting rights for the citizens of ...