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Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association participate in a 1910 parade in Washington, D.C. Paul Thompson/FPG/Archive Photos/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Supreme Court’s selective reading of US history ignored 19th‑century women’s support for ‘voluntary motherhood’

The women’s rights movement in the 1800s did not openly support legalizing abortion or birth control. But the reasons why are complex.
Women portraying suffragettes walk with the Pasadena Celebrates 2020 float at the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker

19 facts about the 19th Amendment on its 100th anniversary

On the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, women’s historic struggles to vote continue to resonate as the country debates who should vote and how.

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