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1/ Passage of the #19thAmendment 
was an important milestone for our country. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”
But that is not the full story of voting rights for women...
was an important milestone for our country. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”But that is not the full story of voting rights for women...
2/ Who could vote in the USA -
1776: White landowning men
1856: White men
1920: White Women
1952: Asian Women
1957: Native American Women
1965: Black men
1965: Black Women
End of story? Not even close.
1776: White landowning men
1856: White men
1920: White Women
1952: Asian Women
1957: Native American Women
1965: Black men
1965: Black Women
End of story? Not even close.
3/ Among other voter suppression tactics, the Shelby County v. Holder decision in 2013 allowed states to enact voter laws which disproportionately hurt communities of color.
This discrimination was intentional, no matter how it was disguised. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/how-black-women-have-continued-fight-vote-100-years-after-n1237032
This discrimination was intentional, no matter how it was disguised. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/how-black-women-have-continued-fight-vote-100-years-after-n1237032
4/4 Black women have fought for too long on this issue.
"Even when Black women did not win all that they should be able to, they continued to fight & continued to struggle in service of this more perfect union"
We cannot let anything stand in their way of voting this year.
"Even when Black women did not win all that they should be able to, they continued to fight & continued to struggle in service of this more perfect union"
We cannot let anything stand in their way of voting this year.
We also cannot forget that it took until 2020 for enough states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, with Virginia being the 38th.
True equality is still somehow a political debate, even though a majority of Americans, & 80% of Virginians, support the ERA.
True equality is still somehow a political debate, even though a majority of Americans, & 80% of Virginians, support the ERA.
From @JCarrollFoy: "True justice is economic justice. The ERA will not only help women but specifically women of color" who earn less, despite disproportionately working jobs that put them at the front lines of #COVID19.
Women deserve equal rights, period https://www.timesdaily.com/news/advocates-plan-birthday-gift-for-the-19th-amendment-the-era/article_d0c81cca-4a1f-542f-93ec-a66753c2f57e.html
Women deserve equal rights, period https://www.timesdaily.com/news/advocates-plan-birthday-gift-for-the-19th-amendment-the-era/article_d0c81cca-4a1f-542f-93ec-a66753c2f57e.html
