Political Convention Security Measures 1908
The Democratic National Convention, Denver 1908: Heightened Security in 1908 Equaled Sixteen Extra Officers (and Some Help from Tammany)
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Election Stories
Election stories and voting
Where is the Candidate? (1908)
Tonight Michelle Obama will give her speech in Charlotte, N.C. and the President will watch the event on television from the White House. While Barack Obama will join Democrats at the Convention tomorrow, it was once customary that candidates did not attend the nominating conventions. This is a look back at the Democratic Convention of 1908 when it was in Denver:
As was customary in 1908, the candidates themselves did not attend the nominating conventions (the first president to attend a convention was FDR in 1932 who appeared to accept the nomination to dispel rumors about his health).
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Suffragist and founder of the League of Women Voters
Carrie Chapman Catt dedicated her life to campaigning for woman suffrage both in the United States and abroad.
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Today’s Voting Shenanigans Are Nothing Like This
While many people look to 1920 and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment as the start of women casting ballots in the United States, this actually isn’t true.
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Little-Remembered Stories of Women and the Vote
If women’s news receives the coverage it deserves during the next week or so, then there will be stories about women and the vote. Headlines may read something like: “Ninety
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