1. How Women Got the Vote
... facility for army nurses and founded the Women's Central Relief Association, WCRA. Another important woman of the war was Mary Bickerdyke, also known as The Calico Colonel. Soldiers, who appreciated her services of keeping them fed, clothed and alive, called her Mother Bickerdyke. She tended to more than 2,000 wounded men in the Union Army. During Christmas time to keep the soldiers spirits up, she found time to ... " set in motion, in 1918, the House of Representatives scheduled the vote for the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. With 2/3 of the necessary majority the amendment passed through ...
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