Woman's Suffrage

Until Augost 18,1920 woman did not get the right to vote. But that changed. The league of woman voters or the "Ninetenth Amendment" gave woman the right to vote. This caused a series of things to occur. Ruth Bryan Owen was the first woman to join congress. When she first joined they would not recieve her but when she went again she was accepted.Ruth was the first woman to represent the U.S. as the ambassador of Denmark.Mary Menn Jennings was the wife of the governer William Sherman Jennings. She was also a leader for Woman's Suffrage.Fay Bridges was the first woman to vote in Florida.She voted in an election for the mayor of the city of Sneads.

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