What the 15th Amendment could have said
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What the 15th Amendment could have said
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Read the story of the 15th Amendment that could have been, via @Stephen_A_West
Alas, Rep. Julian's inclusive, affirmative-right-to-vote 15th Amdt isn't the one we have. His daughter Grace, a leading Indiana suffragist, fought for the 19th Amdt and lived to see it. @INSuffrage100
Alas, Rep. Julian's inclusive, affirmative-right-to-vote 15th Amdt isn't the one we have. His daughter Grace, a leading Indiana suffragist, fought for the 19th Amdt and lived to see it. @INSuffrage100
#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.
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Daily Suffragist
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05/04/2020
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Daily Suffragist, “What the 15th Amendment could have said,” Daily Suffragist, accessed April 26, 2024, https://dailysuffragist.omeka.net/items/show/341.