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Women Making History: The 19th Amendment
Description: Brookfield, Missouri : The Donning Company Publishers, 2020. | “Official National Park Service Handbook.”
Summary: “The National Park Service is excited to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the passage of
the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished sex as a basis for voting and to tell the diverse history of women’s suffrage-the right to vote-more broadly. The U.S. Congress passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. The states ratified the amendment on August 18, 1920, officially recognizing women’s right to vote. This handbook demonstrates the expansiveness of the stories the NPS is telling to preserve and protect women’s history for this and future generations. The essays included within tell a broad history of various women advocating for their rights. Sprinkled throughout are short biographies of notable ladies who devoted their time to the women’s suffrage movement along with summaries of events important to the cause” — Provided by publisher.
America's National Parks First "Book of the Week" - https://americasnationalparks.org/19t...
Summary: “The National Park Service is excited to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the passage of
the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished sex as a basis for voting and to tell the diverse history of women’s suffrage-the right to vote-more broadly. The U.S. Congress passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. The states ratified the amendment on August 18, 1920, officially recognizing women’s right to vote. This handbook demonstrates the expansiveness of the stories the NPS is telling to preserve and protect women’s history for this and future generations. The essays included within tell a broad history of various women advocating for their rights. Sprinkled throughout are short biographies of notable ladies who devoted their time to the women’s suffrage movement along with summaries of events important to the cause” — Provided by publisher.
America's National Parks First "Book of the Week" - https://americasnationalparks.org/19t...
180 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2020
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May 1, 2020
If you have an interest in learning about the 19th Amendment, then I can recommend the Women Making History: The 19th Amendment. Created by Eastern National, this reference is available as one of America’s National Parks’ Book of the Week.
This year marks the centennial of the passing of the 19th Amendment, and the NPS/partners have been putting out a great deal of content to help commemorate this milestone. This Official National Park Service Handbook has a lot of really well-researched information pertaining the topic at hand. Notably, it contains an in-depth timeline, bios of key players, an overview of different groups/stakeholders related to the movement, a break-down of regional approaches throughout the United States, as well as a list of related NPS sites that are a part of this history.
Overall, this volume is pretty comprehensive and handy. If women’s suffrage, or more specifically, the 19th Amendment is something you are interested in studying, then this book is definitely a useful historical reference.
This year marks the centennial of the passing of the 19th Amendment, and the NPS/partners have been putting out a great deal of content to help commemorate this milestone. This Official National Park Service Handbook has a lot of really well-researched information pertaining the topic at hand. Notably, it contains an in-depth timeline, bios of key players, an overview of different groups/stakeholders related to the movement, a break-down of regional approaches throughout the United States, as well as a list of related NPS sites that are a part of this history.
Overall, this volume is pretty comprehensive and handy. If women’s suffrage, or more specifically, the 19th Amendment is something you are interested in studying, then this book is definitely a useful historical reference.
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October 5, 2020The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states:
"Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
It is an interesting point that this amendment did not actually confer voting rights, but it restricts denying someone to vote simply because of their sex. States still set the rules for voter qualifications. "That change, monumental as it was, left many women with US citizenship still unable to vote. To this day, they are vulnerable to state actions that exclude them for reasons other than race, color, or sex." (p. 14)
interesting quotes:
"We pay tribute to the tens of thousands of women who envisaged a government in which men and women had equal voice and who, through agitation and persistent mobilization of citizens, brought about that change. This was a long fight." (p. 14)
"...left in place states' rights to exclude citizens from the rolls of eligible voters provided that the reason for doing so were not those itemized in the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments. This bow to states' rights was a part of the amendment's political appeal and is a part of its legacy to this day. This amendment simply meant that the state must discriminate equally." (pp. 22-23)
"[Jessie Jack] Hooper realized that elected leaders would only take women seriously if they had suffrage (voting) rights." (p. 24)
"Winning women's right to vote took the energies of three generations of women, the support of a few men, and nearly a century to accomplish." (p. 36)
"Women opposed to woman suffrage published articles in lady's magazines; other frustrated suffragists by their indifference." (p. 42)
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"Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
It is an interesting point that this amendment did not actually confer voting rights, but it restricts denying someone to vote simply because of their sex. States still set the rules for voter qualifications. "That change, monumental as it was, left many women with US citizenship still unable to vote. To this day, they are vulnerable to state actions that exclude them for reasons other than race, color, or sex." (p. 14)
interesting quotes:
"We pay tribute to the tens of thousands of women who envisaged a government in which men and women had equal voice and who, through agitation and persistent mobilization of citizens, brought about that change. This was a long fight." (p. 14)
"...left in place states' rights to exclude citizens from the rolls of eligible voters provided that the reason for doing so were not those itemized in the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments. This bow to states' rights was a part of the amendment's political appeal and is a part of its legacy to this day. This amendment simply meant that the state must discriminate equally." (pp. 22-23)
"[Jessie Jack] Hooper realized that elected leaders would only take women seriously if they had suffrage (voting) rights." (p. 24)
"Winning women's right to vote took the energies of three generations of women, the support of a few men, and nearly a century to accomplish." (p. 36)
"Women opposed to woman suffrage published articles in lady's magazines; other frustrated suffragists by their indifference." (p. 42)
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October 28, 2023
First rate summary of the suffrage movement in USA.
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December 19, 2023National Park Service collection of essays tracing the timeline of the 19th amendment - women's right to vote.
October 28, 2020
Lots of good information about a fascinating topic.
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