Women’s right to vote, a thread

While Congress designated 8/26 as Women’s Equality Day in 1973 to commemorate the anniversary of the date the 19th Amendment was certified, there’s much more to the story.

The 19th Amendment stated that citizens of the U.S. couldn’t be denied the right to vote based upon their sex.

So, with the passage of the amendment, women were able to vote, but due to the many voter suppression tactics and citizenship laws employed at the time, Black, Latina, Indigenous and Asian American women were often barred participation.

Thus, in 1920, the 19th Amendment largely benefitted white women’s right to vote.

It took until the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Voting Rights Act, both in 1965, as well as the 1975 extension of the Voting Rights Act, to ensure Asian, Black, Latinx and Indigenous Americans had legal protection to participate in U.S. elections.

And, even with the progress made to date, voter suppression policies still limit many in the U.S.from voting.

Source 1: http://spr.ly/6002GWUNC 
Source 2: http://spr.ly/6007GWU4X 
Source 3: http://spr.ly/6007GWU4S 

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