Women suffragists persisted for 70 years to win the right to vote in 1920
It seems hard to believe that there was a time when American women were not able to participate in democracy. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified by 36 states and made law in 1920, finally gave women in the United States the right to vote, though women of color would still face …
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is working to make Nevada look like less of a political gamble in November’s election. The Democratic presidential nominee visits the state on Saturday with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. It’s the final stop of a battleground blitz in which …
Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech drew an estimated 53,000, according to the House select committee. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington drew 250,000, the National Archives said.
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Kamala Makes History With This First-Ever Endorsement
The League of United Latin American Citizens issued its first endorsement in its nearly 100 years of existence. Vice President Kamala Harris has …
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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has passed away at age 56
Tragedy has again struck a famous Silicon Valley family. Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki just passed away, according to social media posts by her husband, Dennis Troper, and by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. She was 56. Wrote Troper on Facebook earlier Friday night, “It is with profound sadness that I …
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Iraq War veteran poses as '40s pinup model after surviving mortar attack
Jennifer Horn was stunned when she saw herself transformed into a glamorous ‘40s bombshell for the first time. "I thought, ‘That doesn’t even look like me! Is this real?’" the Iraq War veteran gushed to Fox News Digital. "[But] female veterans are out there. We can be a badass on the field, then we …
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SpaceX President And Elon Musk Hit Back At ULA CEO For Comments On Starship's Raptor 3: 'Works Pretty Good For A 'Partially Assembled' Engine'
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and CEO Elon Musk hit back at rival rocket manufacturing company United Launch Alliance‘s CEO Tory Bruno on Thursday for …