Three Thanksgivings | Compare and Contrast
1900s: More women join the fight for women’s suffrage, or the right to vote. Suffragettes begin to campaign in areas like New York City.
Today: Women have the right to vote, and an increasing number of women hold some of the nation’s most prestigious government positions. Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg occupy two of the nine seats on the United States Supreme Court, while in the 107th Congress, 13 percent of the members of the Senate and roughly 14 percent of the members of the House of Representatives are women. In addition, in 1996, President...
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