Lucy Burns

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The journey to women's voting rights and the Nineteenth Amendment

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Women casting their vote in New York City, c. 1920s. At Fifty-sixth and Lexington Avenue, the women voters showed no ignorance or trepidation, but cast their ballots in a businesslike way that bespoke study of suffrage."

Voting in the U.S.A.

The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

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Panama Canal infographic

Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal

Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009

Which Is Correct: Hanukkah or Chanukah?

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

Lucy Burns: Media

American suffragist

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The journey to women's voting rights and the Nineteenth Amendment

The journey to women's voting rights and the Nineteenth Amendment

Learn more about the women's suffrage movement in this interview with Dr. Colleen...

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Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; neg. no. LC USZ 62 37941

Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns speaking before a crowd, c. 1910–15.

Bain Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. LC-DIG-ggbain-13069)

Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns, c. 1913.

Records of the National Woman's Party/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: mnwp 148015)

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