Posts Tagged ‘women’s suffrage’
Dr. Mary Walker–Two Ways
This is more of a public service announcement than a blog post. Women’s History Month is almost here and cool things are popping up in my in box that I am eager to share. For those of you who live in or near Hopewell, New Jersey, Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker will…
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A Woman’s Right to Vote and Germany’s 1932 Presidential Elections
I’m still working my way through the articles Sigrid Schultz published under her by-line in the Chicago Tribune as part of my research for the new book. I’ve reached the days just after the run-offs for presidential election of 1932, in which Paul van Hindenburg defeated Adolf Hitler by a margin of 6,000,000 votes.…
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You think one vote doesn’t matter? Hah!
I have told this story here on the Margins before. But with the presidential election upon us and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment swishing past, I think it’s important to remember right now that in the end the 19th Amendment was ratified thanks to one man’s vote. In August, 1920, 35 states…
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