In the spring of 1919 when the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress finally passed the amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote, hopes were high that ratification would come in time for them to participate in the presidential election of 1920. New Jersey-born Alice Paul and her National Woman’s Party began the battle in each of the 48 states, hoping for quick ratification.
As 1920 began, the Philadelphia Record ran a feature updating the status of the amendment.
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