The 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Today is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution that granted women the right to vote.  If you want to learn more about the final vote in Tennessee that ensured its ratification, where one young 24 year old legislator got a letter from his mother and switched his vote in favor of passage at the last minute, you can hear that story as reported by NPR.  If you want to read a series of essays about women's equality, including one on that key vote in Tennessee, you can find that story over at Brookings.  Today is truly a day to celebrate since women had to wait far too long to gain the rights that the American Revolution was fought to protect for white men, and the Civil War was fought to provide for black men.