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19th Amendment

“Women will vote strong” – Wilkes-Barre women excited to vote in 1920 presidential election

Posted on March 10, 2019March 6, 2019 by Jake Wynn

A reporter from the Wilkes-Barre Record interviewed numerous women about suffrage in August 1920.

Posted in Luzerne County, Wilkes-BarreTagged 1920, 19th Amendment, Coal Region, Luzerne County, Newspaper, Suffrage, Wilkes-Barre, Women, Women's History, Wyoming ValleyLeave a comment

“Surely I intend to vote” – Pottsville women respond to adoption of the suffrage amendment in 1920

Posted on March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by Jake Wynn

The women of the Schuylkill County seat exhibited some doubts about the newly ratified 19th Amendment in August 1920.

Posted in Coal Region, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1920, 19th Amendment, Coal Region, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Suffrage, Suffrage Amendment, Women1 Comment

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