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- Parade for Women's Suffrage and Equal Education, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1915 - In the 1910s, many Americans joined the already decades-long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. To rally support, suffragists staged parades. These often elaborate processions championed numerous individual causes. This float in New Haven, Connecticut, related "equal education for boys and girls" to "equal citizenship" in the future. A constitutional amendment granting women suffrage was finally ratified in 1920.
- circa 1915
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Parade for Women's Suffrage and Equal Education, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1915
In the 1910s, many Americans joined the already decades-long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. To rally support, suffragists staged parades. These often elaborate processions championed numerous individual causes. This float in New Haven, Connecticut, related "equal education for boys and girls" to "equal citizenship" in the future. A constitutional amendment granting women suffrage was finally ratified in 1920.