History Now Essay With All Due Respect: Understanding Anti-Suffrage Women Susan Goodier Government and Civics Although it may be hard to believe today, not everyone wanted women to have the right to vote. In fact, during the early nineteenth century, very few people thought women capable of political engagement of any kind. As the century... Appears in: 56 | The Nineteenth Amendment and Beyond Spring 2020
History Now Essay Editor’s Log Carol Berkin This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. On August 26, 1920, American women were at last given that most fundamental of rights in a democratic society: the right to vote. But “given” is... Appears in: 56 | The Nineteenth Amendment and Beyond Spring 2020