On This Day in West Virginia History, March 10th

March 10, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

On March 10, 1920, the West Virginia Legislature passed a joint resolution ratifying the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote.

Learn more: West Virginia House of Delegates Resolution to Ratify the 19th Amendment Extracts From Messages to the Senate In Support or Opposition to the Suffrage Amendment. Speech of Delegate J. S. Thurmond, March 8, 1920 West Virginia's Suffrage Movement Sources on the Woman Suffrage Movement in West Virginia Women's Suffrage "A Profile of Political Activists: Women of the West Virginia Woman Suffrage Movement" "Fighting the Long Fight: West Virginia Women and the Right to Vote," an online exhibit Document-Based Questions