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Aug 2023
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The 19th Amendment & Women's Equality Da...

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Desi Lydic womansplains two big gender issues: female representation and the ERA. Dulcé Sloan looks at how the 19th Amendment got passed, its shortcomings, and how far we still have to go for true equal access to elections for all. And Veronica Chambers breaks down the often unrecognized history of the 19th Amendment and women’s suffrage in her new book “Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote.”

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