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Exactly 97 years ago, 25,000 women marched in demanding VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF DIGITAL LIBRARY their right to vote. The mighty roar of their voices was heard and in 1920, the http://digital.lib.uh.edu/ Nineteenth Amendment was passed, granting women the right to vote in the Our goal is to showcase digital collections of materials United States. documenting the history of the , City of Houston, and State of Texas, as well as other One of the key players in bringing about the passage of the Nineteenth historically and culturally significant materials related to Amendment was Texan Minnie Fisher Cunningham, who convinced a New the University’s teaching and research mission. Mexico senator to submit the bill in Congress, and even met with President in the Oval Office. The digital collections currently available for display are composed of unique images drawn from the collections The University of Houston Digital Library is proud to have a large collection of of the University of Houston Libraries and others on Mrs. Cunningham's papers, totaling at 200 individual items, including a campus. We’re opening our doors and extending our walls to feature some of our hidden gems. Please enjoy! correspondence with President Wilson.

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Is there a difference between MEN and WOMEN voters? This article claims so! One line reads: "the NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO HAVE EVER ASKED to vote is LARGER than the NUMBER OF MEN WHO HAVE EVER ASKED for ANYTHING in the whole history of our country." Read more here.

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