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August 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the United States
August 18, 2020 marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which prohibited states from denying a person the right to vote based on their sex. It marked the successful conclusion of a decadeslong battle for women’s suffrage, expanding voting rights to a portion of the population