In 1828, during his presidential campaign, Democratic leader Andrew Jackson's opponents referred to him as a 'jackass,' which ...

German-born American political cartoonist Thomas Nast popularised the illustrations of donkeys and elephants, representing ...

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The cartoon depicted a woman holding a baby being interviewed ... Fifty years after ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920, women occupied exactly one seat in the U.S. Senate and 10 seats in the ...

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When I was taught the U.S. Constitution in elementary school, the Bill of Rights and the 19th Amendment were always highlighted and printed on the neat little test booklet I took my exams on. The ...

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Tuesday marks a full century since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which says that the right to vote “should not be denied or abridged” on the basis of sex. We look back to the path to ...