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— Michelle Moravec (@ProfessMoravec) October 21, 2019
Happy 150th birthday to the #15thAmendment!
— Stephen West (@Stephen_A_West) February 3, 2020
Feb. 3 is now recognized as its ratification date. But back in 1870, it wasn’t proclaimed part of the Constitution for another 8 weeks.
Therein lies not a mere technicality, but an important truth about Reconstruction.
So, a thread:
Happy 150th birthday to the #15thAmendment!
— Stephen West (@Stephen_A_West) February 3, 2020
Feb. 3 is now recognized as its ratification date. But back in 1870, it wasn’t proclaimed part of the Constitution for another 8 weeks.
Therein lies not a mere technicality, but an important truth about Reconstruction.
So, a thread:
]]>#otd in 1870, Rep. George Julian (R-Ind) introduced the 1st woman suffrage amendment to bear the eventual wording of the #19thAmendment, ratified only in 1920.
— Stephen West (@Stephen_A_West) April 4, 2020
That made Julian both 50 years ahead of his times—and behind where he’d been just 2 years before.
A thread... pic.twitter.com/mKEXsAFnvz
#otd in 1870, Rep. George Julian (R-Ind) introduced the 1st woman suffrage amendment to bear the eventual wording of the #19thAmendment, ratified only in 1920.
— Stephen West (@Stephen_A_West) April 4, 2020
That made Julian both 50 years ahead of his times—and behind where he’d been just 2 years before.
A thread... pic.twitter.com/mKEXsAFnvz