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Christy Carpenter

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When the 19th Amendment was Born So Was My Feminist Mom

September 1, 2020 by Christy Carpenter

The winning of women’s suffrage took over 70 years and three generations of extraordinary women spearheading one of the most successful political mobilization efforts in U.S. history. 

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