1920, this year should ring a bell in everybody’s mind. Especially in the minds of over 50% of this class. 1920 is the year that women earned the right to vote. After 75 years of struggles, fighting, defeats pain & tears Susan B. Anthony and her followers accomplished their biggest goal by persuading the U.S. Government to give women the right to vote. Then 35 yrs ago in 1965 the federal government adopted the voting Rights act to ensure access …showed first 75 words of 1367 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1367 total…eliminated barriers to voting after a struggle led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Now here we are in the 21st century, as the future leaders of this nation, and it is our responsibility to ensure that our country is still for the people. So I urge all of you to register to vote and in four years go to the polls and show your voice. One vote can count, and that vote is yours.