Lis Calandrino

Today I picked up my 93 year old neighbor Irma and walked to the voting place. We had the same conversation that we have every time we vote; Irma reminds me there was a time when women couldn't vote. Irma tells me she voted first in 1946 and she had to pay a voting tax [...]

In 1869 The National Women's Suffrage Association was formed by Susan B. Anthony and Elisabeth Cady Stanton. It wasn't until the 19th amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920 that all states ratified a woman's right to vote. Until then, only white males had the right to vote — and even then it [...]