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22 mar 2014 · Article V, the conven-tional wisdom goes, is a dead letter. Against this pervasive skepticism, I propose instead that Article V may have played an important but hitherto unrecognized function in the early Republic.
Woman suffragists in the United States engaged in a sustained, difficult, and multigenerational struggle: seventy-two years elapsed between the Seneca Falls convention (1848) and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920).
1 gru 2019 · To promote critical reflection about the Nineteenth Amendment and its many complex legacies, the Journal of American History announces a new series, Sex, Suffrage, Solidarities: Centennial Reappraisals.
This Essay examines Article V’s procedures for amending the Constitution. It begins with an overview of the historical background of Article V. The Essay then examines relevant Supreme Court decisions, historical practices, and academic debates related to the methods that Article V establishes for proposing and ratifying constitutional ...
10 gru 2015 · This contribution develops a party-centered approach that identifies several types of enfranchisement and disenfranchisement, as well as suffrage regimes–that is, bundles of institutions and election law that are meant to buttress allocations of voting rights.
10 wrz 2018 · The United States was a pioneer in the development of women’s rights ideas and activism. Far-seeing women, determined to find an active and equal place in the nation’s political affairs, pushed long and hard to realize America’s democratic promise.
1 lip 2014 · The aim of this article is to present a step-by-step approach to writing a literature review research paper to facilitate student and novice reviewers' understanding.
