Veronica Chambers

author and the editor of the New York Times’ archival project “Past Tense”

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One hundred years ago today, the 19th Amendment was ratified, guaranteeing that the right to vote in the United States wouldn’t be denied on the basis of sex.

Women won the right to vote 100 years ago. Who played key roles in the suffrage movement?

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