19th amendment anniversary: Politicians celebrate
Ninety years ago, gave the woman the right to vote. Here is 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 any State sex. "Tennessee was the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amendment allowing the required approval of three fourths of the States adopted amendment, because the 24-year-old legislator Harry Burn changed his vote, at the insistence of his elderly mother.The Democratic National Committee is celebrating with an opinion piece in Politico tying the match recent legislative performance at the historic victory for women. And union affiliated group Healthy Workplace is to use the opportunity to Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate in California governor's attack. Check out this press release headline: "A Celebration of the voting rights of women and a protest from Meg Whitman whose voting record dishonors that tradition." (Whitman did not vote on large parts of her career. She was registered to vote in the 1980's, in contrast to a report saying that they did not register until 2002.)
On her Facebook page, Sarah Palin took the opportunity to make some new entries from female candidates to announce.
There are also a number of non-political events across the country to celebrate.
As the 14th amendment has come into question, it is also interesting to note that suffragettes were torn on whether the voting rights for black men to support.
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