Virginia History - Nov 3 - Virginia women vote for the first time
The 19th Amendment granted women nationwide the right to vote, but Virginia had refused to ratify it. So when women’s suffrage became the law of the land just two months before the 1920 presidential election, Virginia was caught flat-footed. The deadline to register had already come and gone, so Virginia registrars scrambled to record women on the rosters. The state gave Virginia women one month to put their names on voter rolls...
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