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"On August 18, 1920, after nearly 70 years of fighting for the right to vote, the women&amp;#039;s suffrage movement reached the final victory in its long struggle. The 19th Amendment, which prohibits any state as well as the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on sex, had already been passed in Congress and had been ratified in 35 states. Tennessee was the final state needed to add the amendment to the Constitution. During the first vote, the Tennessee House was tied, and it wasn&amp;#039;t until the third vote when the youngest member of the house changed his mind after his mother wrote him a letter. Since then, women have become a political force. In fact, according to Alice Germond in Politico.com, more women vote than men.  Since then, women have fought for equality in the home and the workplace. They have fought for choice in their lives and they have fought for the same freedom as men. Women&amp;#039;s roles continue to change and evolve, which has also forced men to change and evolve.  Whatever your political leaning, the fact that you have the freedom to your own political leaning is a profound right that women fought and died for. So let&amp;#039;s take the day to appreciate it and remind our daughters what they (and we) take for granted. Whether it&amp;#039;s History.com or Scholastic.com, use the Internet to educate the younger generations about women&amp;#039;s history in this country.  - Alexandra Gekas, Associate Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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