Feminist Suffrage Parade in New York City, May 6, 1912. (Photo courtesy of the United States Library of Congress)
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Winning the right to vote
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On Woman's Suffrage Day, University of Minnesota historian Sara Evans joins Midday to talk about the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
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Sara Evans: Professor of history at the University of Minnesota.
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