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League Celebrates 90th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment and Women's Equality Day

On February 14, 1920, with passage of the 19th amendment imminent, suffragists met to transform their movement into the League of Women Voters to help educate women to be responsible voters. On August 26, 1920, just days after Tennessee became the thirty-sixth (and last- needed) state to ratify the amendment, the Secretary of State signed the proclamation enacting the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.

This 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment provides an excellent opportunity to honor the amazing organizing efforts of the many thousands of women and supportive men who worked to secure the vote for women in the United States. Their story is a remarkable testimony to the unrelenting tenacity and spirit of women who were seen as powerless and yet achieved the largest single extension of citizenship rights in our nation's history.

More on the League's history in helping to secure the right to vote for women and equal rights.

League of Women Voters of Hilton Head Island
P.O. Box 23862
Hilton Head Island, SC 29925
843-342-3383
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