The Almanac

August 26

One thing science and human progress accomplished on this date.

  1. 1920

    American women win the right to vote

    The Nineteenth Amendment was certified into the United States Constitution, barring the states from denying the vote on the basis of sex. It secured the ballot for millions of American women after a long campaign for suffrage.

    Source: Wikipedia

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