19 th Amendment . Women in the U.S. won the right to vote for the first time in 1920 when Congress ratified the 19th Amendment.The fight for women’s suffrage stretched back to at least 1848 ...

But Utah women did not ultimately vote for candidates opposed to polygamy, so Congress resumed its anti-polygamy efforts and passed the Edmunds-Tucker Act, an 1887 law that, among other items ...

Nationally, women have outpaced men, 53% to 44%, in early voting, and the gap is bigger in key states such as Pennsylvania. But whom they voted for is unknown.

California Democratic leaders in the state Senate decided on a new leader Monday, electing state Sen. Monique Limón, D-Goleta ...

An 81-year-old woman is going viral for casting her first-ever vote, but the reason why is shocking people. "I'm going to vote for the first time in my life," Betty Cartledge told WSB-TV Atlanta ...