8/26/2010: JAC Statement on 90th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote
August 26, 2010
Even though Abigail Adams reminded her husband to remember the ladies in the Declaration of Independence, it took 144 years, one month and 22 days for women to gain the right to vote. To secure that right, many were beaten, jailed, institutionalized as insane, divorced, marginalized, shunned – and even killed.
JAC applauds the women who bequeathed us this right with their bravery and perseverance in the face of such deadly opposition.