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Aug. 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Only, it didn't — in practice, millions of women of color remained disenfranchised by Jim Crow laws and other racist practices. And a century later, even after those laws were taken off the books, new ones are continually sprouting up to claw back access to voting.
To mark the 19th Amendment’s anniversary, HuffPost spoke with nine women who are fighting to ensure the right to vote for their communities. We talked to a Black woman who was arrested while protesting against police brutality this year, and who feared that a felony charge could take away her voting rights. We talked to a formerly undocumented woman urging Latinas and immigrants to vote. We talked to first-time voters about finally getting to cast a ballot.
Throughout these conversations, we learned more about the ways in which voting is still too restrictive, such as for Native people who may struggle to access ballots or trans and gender non-conforming people whose IDs don't match their gender identity, and more. These activists shared why they're fighting to make voting more accessible. Thanks to women like them, the promise of the 19th Amendment could eventually be fulfilled.
— Elise Foley, deputy enterprise editor |
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