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1920 19th Amendment signed into law — women can now vote!

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February 9, 2023
On February 9, 2023
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1986 Uniformed and OVerseas Ctiizens AbsenteeVoting Act passed.
Older 1848 Lucretia Mott writes to the Liberator about her visit to the Seneca Nation.

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