#19SuffrageStories

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Speaking at a 1963 SNCC event, activist Fannie Lou Hamer told the crowd, "I want true democracy. I want something that's built up from truth and righteousness that I won't

This month marks 100 years since the 19th Amendment became law. With @USNatArchives and @librarycongress, we're counting down #19SuffrageStories of women who worked for the vote—before and after 1920—through