voting rights

Missouri History Today January 10, 1870: Missouri Ratifies Fifteenth Amendment Securing Voting Rights

Missouri History Today August 31, 1920: Hannibal Woman Becomes First In U.S. To Vote After 19th Amendment Enacted

Missouri History Today August 26, 1920: Women Finally Win The Vote

This date in Missouri history. The state’s Attorney General’s Office determined that, while women were now allowed to vote and hold official positions, they could not serve on juries because being a jury member was not an official position.