Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

Tennessee in the Spotlight

Women had fought long and hard for the right to vote. Their supporters in the U.S. Congress had introduced the proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution every year beginning in 1878. Both houses needed two thirds of their members to support the amendment. And every year, the amendment failed. But when the

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