On This Date in Minnesota History: September 8

September 8, 1919 – “The Minnesota Legislature ratified the 19th Amendment [prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.] (House 120 to 6 / Senate 60 to 5).”

http://www.lwvduluth.org/important-dates-in-league-history.html

Clara Hampson Ueland was President of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association, 1914-19, and then the first President of Minnesota League of Women Voters, 1919-20.

http://www.lwvmn.org/page.aspx?pid=422

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