New York Celebrates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

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This week marks the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in New York. While the 19th Amendment—which gave women the right to vote after 70 years of activism by revolutionaries like Sojourner Truth and Eleanor Roosevelt—was passed by Congress in 1919 and ratified by the states in 1920, New York State gave women the right to vote an entire three years earlier in 1917.

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Women’s Equality Day 2017

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NAWRB would like to wish our Members and Community a happy Women’s Equality Day this Saturday, a day dedicated to commemorating the anniversary of women winning the right to vote. The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote after 72 years of activism by suffrage leaders, was passed by Congress in 1919 and ratified by the states in 1920.

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