On this day in history...

91 years ago, the 19th amendment to the constitution was certified giving women the right to vote!

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any States on account of sex.  The Congress shall have the power by appropriate legislation to enforce the provisions of this article."

Votes for women were first seriously proposed in the United States in 1848 at Women`s Rights Convention.  
Battles for women`s suffrage were won state-by-state by the early 20th century as Alice Paul and the movement began staging demonstrations, marches, and going to jail. 
Thousands of ordinary women took part in these.  In 1913, 8,000 women marched on President Woodrow Wilson`s inauguration day. 200 were injured in the violence that broke out. 
 During his second inaugural in 1917, Alice Paul led a march around the White House.
The well-organized and well-funded anti-suffrage movement argued that most women didn`t want the vote, and they were probably not qualifed to exercise it anyway.   
The Women`s movement argued with humor when they wrote:

Why we don`t want Men to Vote.

*Because man`s place is in the Army.

*Because no really manly man wants to settle any question otherwise than by fighting about it.

*Because if men should adopt peaceable methods, women will no longer look up to them.

* Because men are too emotional to vote.  Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this, while their innate tendency to appeal to force renders them unfit for government.

When thirty-five of the necessary thirty-six states had ratified the amendment, the battle came to Nashville Tennessee.  Anti and pro suffrage forces from around the country descended on the town, and on August 18th, 1920, the final vote was secheduled.  One young legislator, 24 year-old Harry Burn had voted with the anti-vote forces up to that time.  But his mother had urged that he vote for the amendment and for suffrage.  When he saw the vote was close, and if he voted anti-suffrage, it would be tied 48 ot 48, he decided to vote as his Mother had urged him, for the right of Women to vote!

 So Tennessee became the deciding 36th state to ratify it!

And so on August 26th, 1920,the Nineteenth Amendment became law.

Woo-hoo congrats Ladies,
Now lets make sure we use our voice that these strong women before us fought so hard for! I just thought this was a little fun fact for the day. And a reminder that anything worth having is worth fighting for! Hopefully we can use these same classy tatcics to win the battle of hate over same sex marriages and rights!  
Enjoy! 
XX-D