Meet the First American Women to Vote Under the 19th Amendment
The St. Paul Dispatch's August 28th front page proclaimed the news: "South St. Paul Women First to Vote Under Amendment"
Bright and early on Saturday, August 28th, 1920 the Minneapolis Morning Tribune detailed the role the newly minted female voters in South St. Paul played in the passage of their city's water system expansion proposal.
Coverage in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, August 28, 1920
As New York City threw a parade on Seventh Avenue and a party at the Waldorf celebrating ratification of the 19th Amendment, Minnesotan women were wielding their new voting powers in South St. Paul.
Our Traiblazing Voters Made the New York Times!
Coverage in the New York Times, August 28, 1920
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