It was on April 2, 1917 that Jeanette Rankin became the first woman in Congress. But within days, she became the target of national scorn for voting against America’s entry into World War I.

On February 24, 1908, the Supreme Court decided Muller v. Oregon, unanimously upholding an Oregon law setting a 10-hour limit on the workday of women in factories and laundries.

The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote nationally on August 18, 1920, so why is Women’s Equality Day on August 26th each year?

On the anniversary of the 19th Amendment's ratification, we look back at a young politician whose unexpected vote in the Tennessee state legislature gave all women the right to vote.

On this day in 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, ensuring that the amendment guaranteeing a woman’s right to vote would be adopted into the U.S. Constitution. The 19th Amendment’s ratification was made possible by a long line of advocates dating back to the Founding.

The ERA remains caught up in the surprisingly unsettled question of the process of adding a proposed amendment to the Constitution.

On January 15, 2020, the Virginia legislature passed a resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The move sets off an extended debate about the prospects of the ERA joining the Constitution as the 28th Amendment. This story from November 7, 2019 previewed the legal discussion to follow such a move in Virginia.

On January 12, 1932, a recent widow became the first woman to win election to the United States Senate, when Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway defeated two male opponents in a special race in Arkansas.

On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention in the United States began at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.

Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the 19th Amendment (ratified August 18, 1920). Here’s what you need to know.