Women’s rights / Explainer
The 19th Amendment and the long fight for women’s suffrage
How American women won the vote, from Seneca Falls to ratification in 1920, and why many women still could not vote for decades afterward.
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The history and current state of women’s legal rights in the United States, starting with the long fight for the vote.
Women’s rights / Explainer
How American women won the vote, from Seneca Falls to ratification in 1920, and why many women still could not vote for decades afterward.
Women’s rights / Explainer
Four states vote on abortion on November 3. A plain-language guide to what each measure says, what a yes or no vote does, how the measures differ in legal force, and what has happened after past votes.
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