The legislation would disproportionately disenfranchise women, who are more likely to change their last names when they marry ...

The Constitution does not grant Congress authority to set voter-eligibility requirements in federal elections.

(THE CONVERSATION) Patriots’ Day, a commemoration of the battles of Lexington and Concord – the first confrontations of the American Revolution – holds historical value as a symbol of American ...

The movement began in 1903 seeking to give women the right to vote. In 1919, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was passed but it was not ratified by the states until August 1920. The ...

Wisconsin voters passed a constitutional amendment to enshrine voter ID laws with 60.3% support, securing its place in the state constitution. Wisconsin voters have approved a constitutional ...

National Security Agency chief and deputy director dismissed 'Keep your head' if you're spooked by tariffs: Warren Buffett suggests reading a 19th century poem when stocks fall BP chairman quits ...

“Girls can’t do that job,” the local TV news director immediately responded, grinning, to my daring statement that I wanted to become a newscaster. Welcome to the real world that 1967 ...

marked as a starting place by the Women’s Suffrage Movement earning the right to vote 105 years ago in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, 133 years after its ...

Anthony who led the suffrage movement. It was a Republican senator who sponsored the 19th Amendment to give women voting rights that was passed by a Republican-led Congress and ratified by a ...

Alice Paul didn’t just fight for women’s rights. She changed history. Hailing from Mt. Laurel, she played a major role in passing the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. But she didn’t ...

He, true to form, reneged on his promise. The JVP was also instrumental in having the 17th Amendment and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution introduced to curtail the powers of the Executive ...