19th amendment

Technology News : 19th amendment anniversary: Politicians celebrate
Ninety years ago today, women got the right to vote. Here's the text of the 19th amendment, which was ratified on August 18, 1920, by the Tennessee General Assembly: "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." Tennessee was the thirty-sixth state to ratify, giving the amendment the requisite approval of three-fourths of the states; the amendment passed because 24 year-old legislator Harry Burn changed his vote, at the insistence of his elderly mother.

The Democratic National Committee is celebrating with an op-ed in Politico tying the party's recent legislative accomplishments to the historic victory for women. And the union-affiliated group Healthy Workplace is using the occasion to attack Meg Whitman, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in California. Check out this news release headline: "A Celebration of Women's Suffrage and a Protest of Meg Whitman Whose Voting Record Dishonors that Tradition." (Whitman did not vote for long stretches of her career. She was registered to vote in the 1980s, contrary to a report saying she did not register until 2002.)

On her Facebook page, Sarah Palin took the chance to endorse some new female candidates. She also posted on Twitter, "Who hijacked term:"feminist"?A cackle of rads who want 2 crucify other women w/whom they disagree on a singular issue; it's ironic (& passé)." The tweet is mostly likely a reference to either this campaign against her by the women's group EMILY's list or this New York Times discussion. (For what it's worth, she is again using English creatively with "cackle.")

There are also some non-political events around the country to celebrate in 19th amendment.

As the 14th amendment has come under debate, it's also interesting to note that suffragists were torn over whether to support voting rights for black men.
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